158 - Presumably after his conversation with Crane

[impure_tale]

It was an admirable attempt if not somewhat over-exaggerated in scope. Leave the wild schemes to the fictional villains; in the real world, almost no one laughs when they're feeling evil.

Now, I'm sure at least some of the people here have done it but has anyone else paused to consider why this might have happened? Now, I am certain that many have asked, but few have given any real thought to an answer in their own mind. While punishments are being doled out, fingers pointed, heads shaken, let us not discount the possibility -- especially not those among us that have been here for more than a year -- that everyone probably helped to manufacture these circumstances.

With that on the table: Iago. To give you a sporting chance, I am going to allow you to guess why you are in trouble. A correct answer means I don't hurl that infernal beeping contraption you've been so enamored with of late over the side of the ship to confound the natives of some whole new universe.

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[championoftime]

The larger problem... well, I doubt we could have done much about it. As you said, it was a year in the making, long before I came. Long before I befriended him. And losing people over and over can deeply embitter a man.

I do feel as though I failed, in any case.

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

I completely sympathize with his feelings.