He rubbed his neck, the same wordless, deep-seated exasperation drawing creases in his brow. Jon could've been reading his thoughts and repeating them back to him verbatim.
Being able to predict the threat you faced was paramount in staging a defense--Jess knew that with the same basic understanding as he knew his ABCs. How could you predict an earthquake (short of expensive equipment they didn't have)? How could you defend against an earthquake, or people who controlled this place who never showed their faces?
They might as well have been passengers along for the ride for all the control they had. Damn right it was madness.
"You'll get no argument from me. It'd almost be a pleasant change of pace to have a kill squad walk out of the trees armed and ready. Better than an earthquake. You can outmaneuver one, but not the other."
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Being able to predict the threat you faced was paramount in staging a defense--Jess knew that with the same basic understanding as he knew his ABCs. How could you predict an earthquake (short of expensive equipment they didn't have)? How could you defend against an earthquake, or people who controlled this place who never showed their faces?
They might as well have been passengers along for the ride for all the control they had. Damn right it was madness.
"You'll get no argument from me. It'd almost be a pleasant change of pace to have a kill squad walk out of the trees armed and ready. Better than an earthquake. You can outmaneuver one, but not the other."