[ There is a long sigh and Archer rests his chin on one of his hands. ] I believe that we would be best capable of serving Nikolai's needs if we were to work together on certain matters. Perhaps if we had been capable of collaboration, the recent events could have been avoided.
Perhaps, if we were to work together and both attempt to impress some of the same ideas upon him we could avoid future recklessness, at least so far as to keep him alive. There is reason to believe that he is acting in such ways, in part, both to impress you and to alarm me, after all.
[ He is mostly unaware that he's also doing some of these things to impress a girl and to get fame and glory, but also he has never once in his life felt the desire to impress a girl or society for anything other than long-term gain.
He has, however, gone to great lengths to gain praise from Giovanni. Not that he'd ever think Nikolai could mistake the praise of The People as some form of replacement for praise from his father. Why, that would just be foolish. ]
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Perhaps, if we were to work together and both attempt to impress some of the same ideas upon him we could avoid future recklessness, at least so far as to keep him alive. There is reason to believe that he is acting in such ways, in part, both to impress you and to alarm me, after all.
[ He is mostly unaware that he's also doing some of these things to impress a girl and to get fame and glory, but also he has never once in his life felt the desire to impress a girl or society for anything other than long-term gain.
He has, however, gone to great lengths to gain praise from Giovanni. Not that he'd ever think Nikolai could mistake the praise of The People as some form of replacement for praise from his father. Why, that would just be foolish. ]