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<blockquote data-quote="Kobold Stew" data-source="post: 6442830" data-attributes="member: 23484">&quot;Heh,&quot; begins Barrington, looking at Hugo, and standing up from the chair. &quot;I'll admit I'm surprised as well. We were negotiating with du Tourbillon [he still vocalizes the double ells], and apparently I overstepped the mark. I guess she saw it as a challenge to her, but it was her instinct to turn on me, weakening her position in front of him, that has me worried.&quot;He shrugs, as if thinking for a moment. &quot;Even if my council was not sound, she chose to attack rather than ignore or overrule. She seems unrepentant about it too, but that may be her bravado. I shall still pursue La Gloriosa, and I'd want to do so in your company. But a Captain unable to listen to other ideas is not a recipe for success.&quot;&quot;I appreciate you asking my view, but I suggest you return to the others, so as not to stain your own reputation. I shall be around, should a need for my participation in your venture be desired. If not, I am sure our paths will cross along the way.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kobold Stew, post: 6442830, member: 23484"] [B] [COLOR="#800000"]"Heh,"[/COLOR] begins Barrington, looking at Hugo, and standing up from the chair. [COLOR="#800000"]"I'll admit I'm surprised as well. We were negotiating with du Tourbillon[/COLOR] [he still vocalizes the double ells][COLOR="#800000"], and apparently I overstepped the mark. I guess she saw it as a challenge to her, but it was her instinct to turn on me, weakening her position in front of him, that has me worried."[/color] He shrugs, as if thinking for a moment. [COLOR="#800000"]"Even if my council was not sound, she chose to attack rather than ignore or overrule. She seems unrepentant about it too, but that may be her bravado. I shall still pursue La Gloriosa, and I'd want to do so in your company. But a Captain unable to listen to other ideas is not a recipe for success." "I appreciate you asking my view, but I suggest you return to the others, so as not to stain your own reputation. I shall be around, should a need for my participation in your venture be desired. If not, I am sure our paths will cross along the way."[/COLOR][/b] [/QUOTE]

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