<div style="text-align: center">《 Ray 》<br/>
<i>Location: Leaving KOA campground<br/>
Addressing: Alvaro <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> </i>​</div><br/><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%2F2eSQg7W.jpg%3F1&amp;hash=c652ed019c1f8c17bcab081117b86ca4" title="2eSQg7W.jpg">
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</div>"Armando made some bad calls tonight," Ray said calmly as he he walked with Alvaro. It was the older man's prerogative if he wanted to continue to try and clean things up. At least he wasn't dead or injured, though still sticking his neck out. Sending Ray home was perhaps a mistake, but he respected the man enough to let it play out.<br/><br/>"He will have a responsibility to uphold when it comes to any decisions the exiles make that come back onto us. Maybe he will learn his lesson, finally." Especially if the people turned against him and he had to make that call himself. That was Ray's hope. Armando certainly had the means to maintain the advantage now.<br/><br/>"Times are different now." They could not play by old world rules and see the community protected. At least he'd thinned the numbers a bit. He didn't agree with all the decisions his father made. He would have approached the situation a bit differently, much the same as he imagined Alvaro would have.<br/><br/>"I don't think all the blame falls singularly on Armando, though. Rather, I think the issues started with how my father handled things with this situation. He should have taken a more preemptive approach. My list would have been different as well, but he is my father, and I must respect his decisions. At least until the time comes to do things my own way." His father wasn't ready to give that up yet, even with Ray eager for it.<br/><br/>"He says I still have more to learn but I think he is plateauing in his adaptation and willingness to call upon extreme measures," Ray shared. He wasn't angry about it. Just sharing an observation and a worry. Alvaro knew them both and would understand Ray's particular frustration. Alvaro wasn't one to go against Raymond Sr. anymore than Ray Jr. was willingly to go against his father. He had always been open with his criticism, something his father appreciated, even if he didn't always take his advice.