Edward exhales, this time more in relief. Business as usual. He can focus on that to carry him through.
"Mutiny as we're used to won't do us any good, here." he stated plainly. "He's too protected from harm. So take violent insurrection off the table." Disappointing, but still.
"This is the move, if contracts are really binding, then he merely needs to be narrowed into a corner where he has no choice but to surrender the ship to our control. Here lies the problem."
Ed looks back to Izzy pointedly. "I have no misconceptions that we can run this ship without him. So the fact of the matter is, we need him. We need to know him in and out, as one of our own. We need him to divulge his secrets to us, and we need to know what keeps this entire spectacle afloat. Which means, we need to uncover what gives him his power and how, as well as what he cares about most. All men are driven by something, and at his core, he's just a man."
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"Mutiny as we're used to won't do us any good, here." he stated plainly. "He's too protected from harm. So take violent insurrection off the table." Disappointing, but still.
"This is the move, if contracts are really binding, then he merely needs to be narrowed into a corner where he has no choice but to surrender the ship to our control. Here lies the problem."
Ed looks back to Izzy pointedly. "I have no misconceptions that we can run this ship without him. So the fact of the matter is, we need him. We need to know him in and out, as one of our own. We need him to divulge his secrets to us, and we need to know what keeps this entire spectacle afloat. Which means, we need to uncover what gives him his power and how, as well as what he cares about most. All men are driven by something, and at his core, he's just a man."