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[radiopalkiller]

That's two negative votes on the network already, and I'm sorely missing the rousing speeches in Hydra's favour. Honestly, what sort of proper evil organisation doesn't even spring for an informative brochure?

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[thneedifestdestiny]

[That...makes him stop and stare at his network device for a moment. Everything he told Philip about his world? What? There's a blank space where that conversation should be in his memories, and it's quickly filling up with uneasiness. It's actually enough to make him halt his HYDRA recruiting.]

Uh. I've got no idea what you're talking about, buddy. This is the start of something great!

[Except there was a long pause before he could send even that much. Even through text he sounds...uncertain, all of a sudden.]

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[radiopalkiller]

[ Philip doesn't read it that way, at first. Doesn't think anything he's got to offer could take the Once-ler's recruitment drive off the tracks, and the response only reads dismissive in his mind. ]

What I'm talking about - and I say that as your friend, and worse, somebody who might have been there once or twice - is that I get the impression that you haven't been thinking this one through to the end. Or even the middle, for that matter.

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[thneedifestdestiny]

[Philip's right, of course, but heck is going to freeze before the Once-ler admits it right now. The more he tries to reason with him, the more uncomfortable the Once-ler feels - which, of course, is not how this recruitment thing was supposed to go.]

There's nothing to think about! Things will be better with HYDRA in charge. There's no end or middle, just a new beginning! As long as everyone cooperates with us, that is.

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[radiopalkiller]

Right, that's fair enough. Convince everybody here that HYDRA's the right horse to bet on, and once that's done it's all new beginnings and smooth sailing forever. Good thing this isn't the sort of place where new people just show up every other day, or we'd all be stuck in recruitment mode forever.

[ Or so he'd imagine, if he carries the thought exercise beyond its matter-of-fact 'this will all blow over in a few days, why even bother to argue'. ]