he can't quite bring himself to feel sorry, though. Fitz' position is indeed an impossible one, but is that his fault? no more than it's any of theirs. they are where they are, but it's not his job to navigate their world.
there's no point voicing aloud how their fresh-won camaraderie ought to have been enough to patch through this. there was his big error: expecting too much of it. Fitz has other people here, people whose trust he's gained and received over years. Stephen's working with scraps from all angles, his choice to trust or to isolate, and it's not bad, it's functional, but it was his mistake to assume it was working as seamlessly as he'd like.
of course Fitz is angry. Katelin, whoever she is, is a friend and a colleague— ]
But it's hard to have any faith in an alliance if you're keeping professional secrets.
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[ ain't that the truth.
he can't quite bring himself to feel sorry, though. Fitz' position is indeed an impossible one, but is that his fault? no more than it's any of theirs. they are where they are, but it's not his job to navigate their world.
there's no point voicing aloud how their fresh-won camaraderie ought to have been enough to patch through this. there was his big error: expecting too much of it. Fitz has other people here, people whose trust he's gained and received over years. Stephen's working with scraps from all angles, his choice to trust or to isolate, and it's not bad, it's functional, but it was his mistake to assume it was working as seamlessly as he'd like.
of course Fitz is angry. Katelin, whoever she is, is a friend and a colleague— ]
But it's hard to have any faith in an alliance if you're keeping professional secrets.