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Something more from Miss Militia would be nice, but I get a feeling that she could be more supportive/active. This whole conversation make MM look really passive, which is a bit odd looking for me, but also something I could see being connected to her character of mostly being passive and following orders and comments even if she dislikes it.
And she backs off. In this case it's not about if he is right or not, but more about how disrespectful it is. Just because he deals with a problematic case and someone young, he make it sound rude and condescending, which also makes him look far less professional. He also says it to surrogate mother of that case. Miss Militia IMO in this case should point something similar out and not back off. That she may disagree or even agree, but it doesn't mean he should say it like this. But it is in her character to confront something more passively, protest weakly and in the end follow because this is how she is. At least she follows up with something, so it could be worse:
And the thing is that this is too aggresive way to fix the solution. Miss Militia has possibly a point here and I think she should point out that two people which dislike each other working together, especially if one is forced in most situations ends up with a conflict. This is a situation where Vista is pretty much pushed into a corner and in those cases many people simply lash out to defend themselves. The way he say it, I also take it that he won't even bother to explain in detail why this is the case, which makes it worse. 'She will put up with it' makes it that 'do it or ELSE!' which is a really bad way to convince someone to do what you want and in many cases will make automatically other side want to spite the other one. Especially already angry teenage parahuman.
This is Lawful Good, which is completely inflexible in action I suppose. Again, there were many good examples in this thread how to work around the line of law, but not break it.
Maybe I try to see some things 'between the lines' too much or I'm off with some interpretation, but I get a feeling that Miss Militia is in overall passive and could say more, at least to make sure two sides somewhat get close to each other or at least mediate less hostile relationship.
I will also point out again that Vista simply isn't a normal child again even if we used this standard. She survived Hookwolf, Cadejo and Simurgh in the story. 'Reprogramming' her from being a child soldier I suspected was simply hopeless from the start. So if you can't fix something, work around it. Some people here mentioned some interesting options or how to work around some regulations, but again I suspect it's Chevalier simply not being flexible enough as a person and leader to aim for them. And no one else to help him out here. And Miss Militia as that option simply doesn't work. I don't blame her per se, as she may simply not be truly qualified for it.
Also I suspect Anchorage or permanently closed in the base option will meet up with Shaker 9 shenanigans and Vista simply walking away. Good luck enforcing this option. Also we kind of upgraded her... so even less likely to stick. Going harder in this case is simply a bad idea.
Taking my experience with many adults I meet, they also aren't really rational. In overall us human are first and foremost emotional creatures and that with age in many cases doesn't change. Yeah, lower age increases that chance, but there is that motion that once you are an adult, you suddenly become wise and rational in some circles. I assure you it's not the case, there is a guy in my work (thankfully I never work directly with him) who acts like a 14-15 years old when he is over 40. Only reason they accept him is because he still does his job and doesn't insult anyone too directly, but oh boy, he is so whiny and do strange things pretty often.
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