[ Kurapika hesitates to respond, tapping his index finger idly on the side of his phone. The person isn't wrong - he is the kind of person that hands out those threatening invites that lead to less than wholesome dealings. Now that he thinks about it, perhaps he went about this in too serious of a manner. He's so used to making deals only with anonymous sources, people in the night, criminals and others who don't want to be caught by anyone in earshot, that he applied the same kind of touch here. This is business to him - not friendship. And so, he treated it like business.
Perhaps he needs to be more honest. After a few long moments, he sighs, and taps something else out, looking just slightly annoyed: ]
I thought it would be obvious how impractical planning an attack like that, inside this car, would be. But it's fine.
I agree with you - this isn't necessarily about trust. It's about moving forward. It's a "necessity" for me to move through this train. Urgently. In order to do that, I'm willing to make myself vulnerable to the others in this train, if it will make someone feel more confident in approaching me. In my line of work, people tend to feel better about approaching someone when they feel they have the higher ground. That's the only reason I said what I did. But I accept your caution.
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Perhaps he needs to be more honest. After a few long moments, he sighs, and taps something else out, looking just slightly annoyed: ]
I thought it would be obvious how impractical planning an attack like that, inside this car, would be.
But it's fine.
I agree with you - this isn't necessarily about trust. It's about moving forward.
It's a "necessity" for me to move through this train. Urgently. In order to do that, I'm willing to make myself vulnerable to the others in this train, if it will make someone feel more confident in approaching me. In my line of work, people tend to feel better about approaching someone when they feel they have the higher ground.
That's the only reason I said what I did.
But I accept your caution.