The look on his face is a evidence that the work she's showing is sound. She had always appreciated bringing the final pieces to him to look over, and it felt good to do it here again. She enjoyed Shades and his opinions, but Jesse had a unique way of working with her, she'd forgotten that.
When he brings up the endgame, a small smile forms on her lips, but there isn't any particular joy in her eyes. What was the endgame? Survival really. Time to get real, more real than she'd gotten with anyone here. Unhooking her legs she moves her chair in closer. "I know you've been occupying the upstairs bar as a bouncer since you arrived, but I don't know how much you know about everythin' that's happenin' down here. Jesse. These are bad people. Whatever went down in this town, it was ugly. Sure, we all know that the townsfolk ain't really trustworthy, but this runs deep and I've managed to get an in with some of the bad players because that's what I do."
There were multiple angles to her mission, but one that remained a focal point was the ugliness that had led to whatever happened in this town. "The way I see it, we can do this in one of two ways. If we slowly take over the worst parts of this place by workin' down the criminals, we may be able to over power them." But there was another thing, one that was really what made Ashe the powerful leader she was. "The other possibility is that just like us we are all fightin' for a common goal and workin' against each other. Month after month, fightin' until we got nothin' left. They pick us off, we pick them off." She gave him a pointed look. "See where I am goin' with this?" She didn't give a chance to reply before continuing. "The only way we are goin' to be able to work together is if someone starts workin' with them. I'm doin' that. Little by little, I'm growin' my power, our power, and creatin' a strong army. I'll find a way to make them see they would do best to work with us, and not against us."
There was another pause and she let out a small laugh. "And well, I would be lyin' if I said the idea of controllin' it all wasn't incredibly appealin' to me. I like people seein' things my way."
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When he brings up the endgame, a small smile forms on her lips, but there isn't any particular joy in her eyes. What was the endgame? Survival really. Time to get real, more real than she'd gotten with anyone here. Unhooking her legs she moves her chair in closer. "I know you've been occupying the upstairs bar as a bouncer since you arrived, but I don't know how much you know about everythin' that's happenin' down here. Jesse. These are bad people. Whatever went down in this town, it was ugly. Sure, we all know that the townsfolk ain't really trustworthy, but this runs deep and I've managed to get an in with some of the bad players because that's what I do."
There were multiple angles to her mission, but one that remained a focal point was the ugliness that had led to whatever happened in this town. "The way I see it, we can do this in one of two ways. If we slowly take over the worst parts of this place by workin' down the criminals, we may be able to over power them." But there was another thing, one that was really what made Ashe the powerful leader she was. "The other possibility is that just like us we are all fightin' for a common goal and workin' against each other. Month after month, fightin' until we got nothin' left. They pick us off, we pick them off." She gave him a pointed look. "See where I am goin' with this?" She didn't give a chance to reply before continuing. "The only way we are goin' to be able to work together is if someone starts workin' with them. I'm doin' that. Little by little, I'm growin' my power, our power, and creatin' a strong army. I'll find a way to make them see they would do best to work with us, and not against us."
There was another pause and she let out a small laugh. "And well, I would be lyin' if I said the idea of controllin' it all wasn't incredibly appealin' to me. I like people seein' things my way."