It isn't often Yeager's at a loss for any reaction whatsoever, and while his instinct is to get aggressively flippant, that's... not exactly the right sentiment here. Sure, he was working for Alexei, and sure, he knew things were going to go poorly once Alexei got the weapon working. Even in the best case scenario, Alexei probably would have caused a lot of damage before Yuri and his friends were able to stop him.
But this? He certainly never would have wanted harm to come to Terca Lumireis on such a level. War, sure. Subjugation under Alexei's heel? Fine. But total destruction? No thanks, Gauche and Droite still live there.
So in the end he laughs, because what else are you supposed to do when everything you've been forced to work for turns out to have been this horrific.]
Oh dear, oh dear... That is certainly not what I was aiming for... How dreadful. [To understate it just a bit.] I do hope you and your friends are able to stop it once you return to them.
[And while he's back to being flippant as usual, the sentiment is genuine. It's a bit of a silly sentiment given everything his life has decided to be, but he really doesn't want Gauche and Droite to die. Even if the rest of the world matters very little to him, that much is undeniably true.]
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It isn't often Yeager's at a loss for any reaction whatsoever, and while his instinct is to get aggressively flippant, that's... not exactly the right sentiment here. Sure, he was working for Alexei, and sure, he knew things were going to go poorly once Alexei got the weapon working. Even in the best case scenario, Alexei probably would have caused a lot of damage before Yuri and his friends were able to stop him.
But this? He certainly never would have wanted harm to come to Terca Lumireis on such a level. War, sure. Subjugation under Alexei's heel? Fine. But total destruction? No thanks, Gauche and Droite still live there.
So in the end he laughs, because what else are you supposed to do when everything you've been forced to work for turns out to have been this horrific.]
Oh dear, oh dear... That is certainly not what I was aiming for... How dreadful. [To understate it just a bit.] I do hope you and your friends are able to stop it once you return to them.
[And while he's back to being flippant as usual, the sentiment is genuine. It's a bit of a silly sentiment given everything his life has decided to be, but he really doesn't want Gauche and Droite to die. Even if the rest of the world matters very little to him, that much is undeniably true.]