[ Stephen can stomach certain pedestals. Not this one. Even less so off the back of recent conversations. ]
I orchestrated that effort, Dean. I targeted people I perceived I could count on to sacrifice themselves repeatedly for the greater good in desperate pursuit of an outcome I never reached. I refused to attempt to call anyone off despite the evidence suggesting it was doing nobody any good and a lot of people a great deal of harm. I manipulated and took advantage of your willingness to protect, your need for purpose and your comfort in walking into battle first for what I believed was right and then for what I couldn't stand to admit was wrong.
I threw myself and all of the rest of you in over and over, and I did it more often than not with your enthusiastic consent. It does say a lot about me.
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I orchestrated that effort, Dean. I targeted people I perceived I could count on to sacrifice themselves repeatedly for the greater good in desperate pursuit of an outcome I never reached. I refused to attempt to call anyone off despite the evidence suggesting it was doing nobody any good and a lot of people a great deal of harm. I manipulated and took advantage of your willingness to protect, your need for purpose and your comfort in walking into battle first for what I believed was right and then for what I couldn't stand to admit was wrong.
I threw myself and all of the rest of you in over and over, and I did it more often than not with your enthusiastic consent. It does say a lot about me.