[ Stephen keeps a careful watch on the patient as he pulls the shirt down over his head, a more recent habit than his medical degree might let on. The Displaced have a tendency to open new and old wounds both.
It strikes him as the question's posed that a vast number of the current population weren't here for the birth of the idea. That nobody's been filling them in on what's come before so they can better understand what comes next.
History lessons aren't the first thing that come to mind for a period of experience that doesn't even span a year. But the time that has passed has been crammed to burst and a lot of it is important context. In the spirit of education, Stephen draws a deep breath. The only indication Nate will get that it's story time before he's setting off into it. ]
The bar was the end goal. We saw a need to seek relative independence from Morningstar and they offered us three different business opportunities. Somewhere in the middle of that process, they suffered a leak and their personnel were moved on by the UNA. Operatives were abducted from their homes, leaving behind murdered partners and abandoned children, and those we managed to save were taken underground. But nobody knew where the leak came from, or how safe the safehouses really were. Switching safehouse became a little more pressing than renovating an old bar.
The old coffee shop they offered was too central and too specialised to provide cover and would've been too expensive to run as what it had once been. The garage is in a rougher neighborhood, a safer bet for people coming and going all hours of the day and night without raising the eyebrows of anybody who'd care to report us, and here we're visible and more likely to earn higher profits. Keeping our hidden underground base and public-facing business front separate seemed like a good option, so we asked for both. We were granted them on the proviso that we kept this space available in case of future emergencies.
[ It's a very quick run down, but it's a sign that he has knowledge and isn't stingy with it. He trusts that if there are questions, Nate will be smart enough to ask them. Whether that's now or later down the line. ]
Though if you do happen to find any convenient subterranean tunnels, you let me know.
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[ Stephen keeps a careful watch on the patient as he pulls the shirt down over his head, a more recent habit than his medical degree might let on. The Displaced have a tendency to open new and old wounds both.
It strikes him as the question's posed that a vast number of the current population weren't here for the birth of the idea. That nobody's been filling them in on what's come before so they can better understand what comes next.
History lessons aren't the first thing that come to mind for a period of experience that doesn't even span a year. But the time that has passed has been crammed to burst and a lot of it is important context. In the spirit of education, Stephen draws a deep breath. The only indication Nate will get that it's story time before he's setting off into it. ]
The bar was the end goal. We saw a need to seek relative independence from Morningstar and they offered us three different business opportunities. Somewhere in the middle of that process, they suffered a leak and their personnel were moved on by the UNA. Operatives were abducted from their homes, leaving behind murdered partners and abandoned children, and those we managed to save were taken underground. But nobody knew where the leak came from, or how safe the safehouses really were. Switching safehouse became a little more pressing than renovating an old bar.
The old coffee shop they offered was too central and too specialised to provide cover and would've been too expensive to run as what it had once been. The garage is in a rougher neighborhood, a safer bet for people coming and going all hours of the day and night without raising the eyebrows of anybody who'd care to report us, and here we're visible and more likely to earn higher profits. Keeping our hidden underground base and public-facing business front separate seemed like a good option, so we asked for both. We were granted them on the proviso that we kept this space available in case of future emergencies.
[ It's a very quick run down, but it's a sign that he has knowledge and isn't stingy with it. He trusts that if there are questions, Nate will be smart enough to ask them. Whether that's now or later down the line. ]
Though if you do happen to find any convenient subterranean tunnels, you let me know.