Lark pauses, looking at it. "Tactically I want to let Ezio make himself the bad guy by doing this, then intervening. I don't think I can stop him without it going to violence and we don't want that. But you're right...arguing won't change anyone's mind while they're this amped up."
Quietly: "I think the moment an inmate is hassled by a warden for a requested item, we've already lost a great deal of good faith." He breathes in and out and looks over at Lark.
"I don't think stopping them, or trying to reverse this, will help anything. But I think the others may calm down if we can prove that there is none of the Bliss on the Barge."
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[ Fighting among wardens is, in his estimation, exactly the kind of fracturing that will cause bigger problems.
He holds out his communicator, which is still on the posting. ]
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"I don't think stopping them, or trying to reverse this, will help anything. But I think the others may calm down if we can prove that there is none of the Bliss on the Barge."
He tips his chin towards Lark.
"Do you think you'd be able to smell it?"