<div style="text-align: center">《 Armando 》<br/>
Location: KOA campground<br/>
Addressing: Dan and Rebel <a class="username" data-user-id="6997" data-username="Traveler" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" href="https://blackdahliaroleplaying.com/members/6997/">Traveler</a>, Kennedy <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--left lazyload js-lbImage" data-lb-caption-extra-html="" data-lb-sidebar-href="" data-single-image="1" data-src="/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fc9E4yLD.jpg&amp;hash=2d3b5ae0e0ae68a0b82d0ef438b202a1" title="c9E4yLD.jpg">
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</div>Too good a man for Hale? In that moment, Armando didn't feel like a good man. Kennedy was rushing off, forced to make fast decisions that would determine if he lived or died. For whatever reason, he wasn't expecting the embrace. Certainly not thanks. They'd only made the situation worse. If they'd been turned out on their own, without their interference, how many more would be alive? It was hard to say. He caught Kennedy'a wrist as he made to pull away.<br/><br/>"I pray the lord will make a way for you where there seems to be no way," Armando spoke. Regardless of if the sentiment meant anything to Kennedy, he meant it deeply. Barely spoken, and the man was off. Armando found it unlikely he'd ever see the man again and there would be no way of knowing if his prayer would be answered. The others returned and went too, with the two men who should have been greater strangers than them. That just left the three guards to make their way home.<br/><br/>Dan broke the silence, reminding Armando that he needed to fill Rebel in. It was a conversation he wasn't looking forward to. Armando sighed, then nodded. He looked both men over a moment, trying to gather that they would be well enough for travel. At the very least, Armando had more than a single bullet to his name if they truly got into a jam. He looked over both weapons to check that they were at the ready if needed. Of course they were.<br/><br/>"It was Ray that came shooting, with Alvaro I would expect, but perhaps alone. I do know that these are not Ray's, and unaccounted for at Abendblume. Ray claimed he thought the exiles did us harm. I've known Ray longer than most, and I would like to think he didn't come out to kill these people without a reason in his eyes. I want to make a few things clear, so that you can go in better able to make your own decisions. I want you to reflect on the severity of your actions regarding this and what is worth it. This is Hale's child, and when have his children ever done wrong?" Armando tried to level with the other two. "They will figure out a way to justify this. Hale will protect his children at all costs. I don't agree with it but I will not put my loved ones in a bad position to contest this mistake. It will be a losing battle. Hale prefers to cover these sorts of things up, not to mention Alvaro being involved.. That is an entirely different sort of issue. Regardless of personal feelings on the matter, I will not be returning to disagree with whatever light Hale uses to paint this scenario in."