[He says it in a tone that makes it clear that's totally an excuse; he really is probably just being nicer than he should be with the descriptor.]
Deceptive and self-serving are probably also accurate, but still professional words I could use. Honestly though, despite the people in Hadriel being worse, I could understand them; their motives made sense to me, so I could at least get why they were doing what they were doing, even if I disagreed.
[And that wasn't the case in New Amsterdam. He'd spoken with Nate about it, after the Aerie when things had gone downhill again, and although what Nate said reassured him it still bothers him that so many people's choices and actions had made so little sense.]
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[He says it in a tone that makes it clear that's totally an excuse; he really is probably just being nicer than he should be with the descriptor.]
Deceptive and self-serving are probably also accurate, but still professional words I could use. Honestly though, despite the people in Hadriel being worse, I could understand them; their motives made sense to me, so I could at least get why they were doing what they were doing, even if I disagreed.
[And that wasn't the case in New Amsterdam. He'd spoken with Nate about it, after the Aerie when things had gone downhill again, and although what Nate said reassured him it still bothers him that so many people's choices and actions had made so little sense.]