<div style="text-align: center">《 Rebel &amp; Dan》<br/>
Location: Abendblume<br/>
Present: Alvaro, Roman <a class="username" data-user-id="288" data-username="Flannel King" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" href="https://blackdahliaroleplaying.com/members/288/">Flannel King</a>​</div><br/><div class="bbImageWrapper bbImageAligned--right js-lbImage" data-lb-caption-extra-html="" data-lb-sidebar-href="" data-single-image="1" data-src="https://blackdahliaroleplaying.com/attachments/91203a8d88c449c3b5acbaccccbcf48b-jpg.132639/" title="91203a8d88c449c3b5acbaccccbcf48b.jpg">
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</div>Rebel lifted his head, nodding once, slowly, when Alvaro mentioned the horrible ways that veterans were treated. That the man had been trained by an expat vet answered many questions for the guard. Many of his peers had found jobs working as security or trainers in other countries, making use of the one skill their country had given them.<br/><br/>He was curious that Alvaro would admit Hale had made a mistake. Not only that, but a careless one.<br/><br/>His eyes flickered from Dan back to the tattooed ex-felon before him. "I can only say that I was injured and unable to take control. Dan didn't have the positional or perceived authority, and Armando was doing the best he could to get the settlers to a place where we thought they would be safe for the night. The group was infighting. None of us wanted to leave the other two to try to handle them alone, and I felt morally obligated to see to their safe delivery for the night."<br/><br/>Taking a deep breath, he let it out slowly. "We should have notified the compound. You're right. The people were looking to Armando for direction, but he was out of his element, and I was having difficulties communicating."<br/><br/><div class="bbImageWrapper bbImageAligned--left js-lbImage" data-lb-caption-extra-html="" data-lb-sidebar-href="" data-single-image="1" data-src="https://blackdahliaroleplaying.com/attachments/e432bfad8a54c06175082fb3e75cf2cf-jpg.132640/" title="e432bfad8a54c06175082fb3e75cf2cf.jpg">
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</div>Dan was watching the commotion of children across the field. He turned towards the other two and nodded his agreement with Rebel. "They knocked him out," he said. "Took out their frustrations on Rebel and gave him a concussion. No one seemed to care that we could have just put them out of the gate and left them to fend for themselves."<br/><br/>He turned his attention back to the field. It looked like they were going to play baseball. Why didn't he know that? He had been spending his time working the outside guard, when he could have been coaching ball?<br/><br/>He caught the eye of their coach and realized he was staring. Dragging his eyes away he looked to the two at his side. Still, he itched to be asking about the kids and what they were doing over there.<br/><br/>Rebel shifted his feet and moved away from the direction Alvaro's smoke was streaming. It followed him anyway. "So here's the rub, Alvaro. It's good to have our men train together. Otherwise there might arise a power struggle in the lower ranks, with 'mine' and 'yours' taking over what should be an 'us' situation. Hale trusts you – that puts you in ultimate charge in his eyes. But we can see how quickly he dismisses his right hand with how Armando was cast aside."<br/><br/>He moved again to avoid the smoke. "The families in Abendblume are looking to us to keep them safe. In the end, it's family that matters."