He nods quickly. "I'm sorry. I'd not heard. Black Donald, then." After the hug and back-thumps, he gives Jamie a smile.
It's an interesting contrast to what he's done, gone from Anders to Detlef and back to Anders. Anders is a name that can be useful, and while he's had to resort to what he'd wanted to leave behind, he's made his peace with this. More or less.
"I'd like you to keep both hands. I can't accept what the people of my world are doing to rifters, and that's part of the reason why I'm leading this group. ...Not to get going on a speech. Sorry. It's been a day of telling people why they should join up when they're not at direct risk."
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It's an interesting contrast to what he's done, gone from Anders to Detlef and back to Anders. Anders is a name that can be useful, and while he's had to resort to what he'd wanted to leave behind, he's made his peace with this. More or less.
"I'd like you to keep both hands. I can't accept what the people of my world are doing to rifters, and that's part of the reason why I'm leading this group. ...Not to get going on a speech. Sorry. It's been a day of telling people why they should join up when they're not at direct risk."