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[followyourstar]

Hey. This is Dante. You've probably seen me around base, even if we haven't actually talked (trust me).

Since we've just had some new people arrive, I figured now would be as good a time as any to put this out there. I'm not sure if anyone would be interested, but one of my duties back home was to have one-to-one consultation sessions with the employees in our department (still is, technically). It's nothing too earth-shattering, just checking in and helping work through anything anyone needs to get off their shoulders, but I thought I'd offer since it seems to help us out and I know things here can get rough sometimes.

Oh, and there's no pressure to reply here if you'd rather have privacy. I've also got a sign-up sheet on my door (Revelation, room 006), if you'd rather set something up that way. Just make sure to show up at the time you pick.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

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[soft_shelled]

[Congrats, Dante. They're getting to hear some of Donnie's quirks, wait until he "laughs".]

Well, now they are. But usually it ends with me having to rebuild a wall.

Or two.

[followyourstar]

[Ah. The type of family dispute with property damage and/or bodily harm.]

Yikes... That's gotta get expensive fast.

Just a clash of personalities or is it something else?

[soft_shelled]

Oh more like, clash in how one should be leading?

[How to explain this? Oh, just going to lay it out.]

That is to say, my oldest brother used to be in charge until about a year ago? Then father decided to make Leo the leader instead, but he wasn't exactly... Leader material.

[Just going to leave out that now Leo is better, and the reason for that. That requires Social Link Level 5 at least.]

[followyourstar]

Did he *want* to be? Leo, I mean.

[As someone essentially forced into the position back home, they can't help but be curious.]

[soft_shelled]

[Now for something rare to come out of Donnie's mouth;]

I don't know, [Admittance that he doesn't know something] but he certainly didn't make any effort to try until... Events happened that forced his hand.

[followyourstar]

[.....]

It's... like that sometimes. Especially if you don't have much experience.

[Or when you don't really care until you finally do. And then sometimes, if you're lucky, it's not too late.]

And now? For him and for your opinions on him.

You don't have to get into too much detail if you don't want to.

[They noticed that hesitance there.]

[soft_shelled]

Can't really say, things were just calming down when I got dragged here. So it's not like I got to see his new-found leadership skills at work beyond that time beforehand.

[Dante ain't getting Donnie to talk about feelings that easily!!!]

[followyourstar]

[drat]

That... would make it difficult to determine, yeah. But I figured I might as well ask, right?

[soft_shelled]

[Don't feel too bad, Dante. Not even Mikey is able to do it, and he has baby brother rights.]

Nothing wrong with that, you don't have all the data and so you have to acquire it the only way you can.