[It's not really a surrender to let him have the cards, but it feels like it - hands empty as she settles back in her chair, hooks an elbow over the back and busies herself momentarily with cleaning the dirt out from under her fingernails at close range.]
It's fine. This whole detail is just crap.
[It's not like either of their shoddy conversational skills (because let's be honest, it only takes one and it isn't like she's pulling her weight either) is really the problem here.]
If we had reliable leadership, it'd be one thing. [Would it? Would she really prefer more oversight from the brass? It'd probably just make for a different set of problems, but at least there'd be a sense of security with it.] But--
[And she turns her hand, a flippant gesture that takes the place of a shrug. Yeah and if wishes were Alliance cruises, she wouldn't be here in the first place.]
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It's fine. This whole detail is just crap.
[It's not like either of their shoddy conversational skills (because let's be honest, it only takes one and it isn't like she's pulling her weight either) is really the problem here.]
If we had reliable leadership, it'd be one thing. [Would it? Would she really prefer more oversight from the brass? It'd probably just make for a different set of problems, but at least there'd be a sense of security with it.] But--
[And she turns her hand, a flippant gesture that takes the place of a shrug. Yeah and if wishes were Alliance cruises, she wouldn't be here in the first place.]