Well, the odd thing about that is that--for us, there was never really a serious question of getting new members. It was more... subjugation of the conquered. Grinding the boot and all that.
'Sometimes literally.'
In fact, recently there were Brigade tryouts, but we didn't end up taking any new recruits, in the end... There was one girl who nearly made it, but it turned out she couldn't do it. I'm surprised that ... 'That all that we specifically meant to her was a pastime?' she felt the need to make the same thing here.
[His discomfort with the whole idea is fairly clear in his tone.]
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Well, the odd thing about that is that--for us, there was never really a serious question of getting new members. It was more... subjugation of the conquered. Grinding the boot and all that.
'Sometimes literally.'
In fact, recently there were Brigade tryouts, but we didn't end up taking any new recruits, in the end... There was one girl who nearly made it, but it turned out she couldn't do it. I'm surprised that ... 'That all that we specifically meant to her was a pastime?' she felt the need to make the same thing here.
[His discomfort with the whole idea is fairly clear in his tone.]