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[badlydisarmed]

Looking for a mechanic capable of fixing a prosthetic arm, altruistic introverts highly preferred, opportunistic assholes also acceptable.

Age irrelevant, but if you're a child I will comment on it.

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[zauneyete]

Oh, not likely.

I don't have friends.

[badlydisarmed]

Because you're not on the same side.

[zauneyete]

[ robert is factually correct here, actually. ]

If he were on my side, he would understand the foolishness that comes from having "friends". I don't have time or interest in that.

[badlydisarmed]

What's the point of achieving all of your goals if you have no one to share the success with?

[ not that he's one to talk, though he did have a dog. ]

[zauneyete]

[ Wouldn't that be nice, to share victory with comrades ]

Righteous purpose? Proving the lot of them wrong? I can think of plenty of reasons to have a goal that doesn't rely on other people.

In fact, needing to have other people to motivate your purpose is a little sad, don't you think?

[badlydisarmed]

[ fhjkdfhgf i rly need to watch arcane ]

I can do my job better when I have a team of capable people around me. And I fix people for a living, so I might not be the best person to have the lone wolf monologue at.

[ Silco isn't entirely wrong in his opinion, he's a misanthrope too. But he can't deny that having people to care about is a fuel. He suspects this guy secretly agrees, he just has to play the hater card on the public network post.

This whole conversation is half a show for the onlookers. ]

[zauneyete]

[ Hiiiiighly recommended if you ever get around to it! ]

I never said I didn't have people who work for me, you know. Friends are different than employees.

In fact, I value competence above all.

[ On the one hand, Sevika. On the other... bomb girl.

But he has things he does care about, that he'll absolutely, positively never admit in public. Robert is correct in this — this is all for show. ]

[badlydisarmed]

So do I. I value hard work too, but only when it leads to competence.

Talis seems competent.

[ Talis also seems vaguely unwell in that way geniuses tend to be, but then, so does this guy. ]

[zauneyete]

Hard-work is a given.

Talis is only competent in some ways. Brilliant inventor, yes. He revolutionized a great deal of trade with his inventions. All while ignoring the long-reaching consequences of doing so.

I value more than simple genius.

[ Says area man whose idea of competence is an EVEN WORSE GENIUS who made him addictive super soldier steroid drugs. ]