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Private Message to Rachel Lamont
Nov. 26th, 2013 09:00 pmI spoke with Antonin Nikolaevich by Floo this evening.
I get the feeling he views Finch-Fletchley as a challenge, a bit of a nut to crack, if you will. Agrees he's ludicrously attached to the idea of avoiding violence--a true hobby horse. (Actually what he said was, 'I could kill whoever convinced him such pacifism was the way to go.') AN is set on winning him over, and he'd hoped we'd see the potential and make him an offer he wouldn't refuse.
It amused him to hear that F-F perked straight up over your book-keeping, though he said if MEU's needing to recruit he's got another one he'd recommend for a consultancy but with no likelihood of success in field training. I think it was Moon he had in mind.
But about F-F, what he said essentially was that it's mostly in the few moments when he's been pushed past his milquetoast appearance that one sees the potential underneath. And he recommended that if we want to see his true capabilities, we shouldn't bother threatening him; we should threaten someone he cares about.
I think basically that means we could only count on him to work if he were with a squad in the field. But alone he might be completely useless in a tight moment--or if he were asked to accomplish any serious business. Unless we were holding one of his friends hostage as a surety he'd do his work.
I get the feeling he views Finch-Fletchley as a challenge, a bit of a nut to crack, if you will. Agrees he's ludicrously attached to the idea of avoiding violence--a true hobby horse. (Actually what he said was, 'I could kill whoever convinced him such pacifism was the way to go.') AN is set on winning him over, and he'd hoped we'd see the potential and make him an offer he wouldn't refuse.
It amused him to hear that F-F perked straight up over your book-keeping, though he said if MEU's needing to recruit he's got another one he'd recommend for a consultancy but with no likelihood of success in field training. I think it was Moon he had in mind.
But about F-F, what he said essentially was that it's mostly in the few moments when he's been pushed past his milquetoast appearance that one sees the potential underneath. And he recommended that if we want to see his true capabilities, we shouldn't bother threatening him; we should threaten someone he cares about.
I think basically that means we could only count on him to work if he were with a squad in the field. But alone he might be completely useless in a tight moment--or if he were asked to accomplish any serious business. Unless we were holding one of his friends hostage as a surety he'd do his work.
