Clinging to the ruin of your broken home, too lost and hurting to carry your load
You know we all need someone to hold
You know we all need someone to hold
Though he doesn't let his expression so much as twitch, Harper tilts his head slightly in appreciation for her defense of him, even if she'd clearly still sought to tell him to apologize.
"I did not stoop at all. I contested her leadership claims because she put them out there to all of the region. That is not stooping." Reclining and looking at her from across the table with a neutral if slightly guarded expression, one eyebrow rises. "In fact, what should I have done instead? Not refuted them at all? She was the one to instigate a debate in the first place when we both could have stated our cases and been done with it." He'd been the one to go second, and hadn't asked any questions of Flora. She'd been the one to open her mouth next - something he is beginning to think is a theme with her.
"And frankly I don't need her support. If she ousts me somehow or someday, so be it. She is an owner of a business like any other, and certainly not all of them voted for me." Until Flora has more political power other than her family, Harper will not treat her as someone to curry favor with. "If I apologize to her, she will know it's because you told me to. How is that any better than spoiling a child? She will know her crying and complaining to someone she sees as a higher power works, and it will only undermine my position. Do you consider that an acceptable loss?" Because Harper surely doesn't.
"I did not stoop at all. I contested her leadership claims because she put them out there to all of the region. That is not stooping." Reclining and looking at her from across the table with a neutral if slightly guarded expression, one eyebrow rises. "In fact, what should I have done instead? Not refuted them at all? She was the one to instigate a debate in the first place when we both could have stated our cases and been done with it." He'd been the one to go second, and hadn't asked any questions of Flora. She'd been the one to open her mouth next - something he is beginning to think is a theme with her.
"And frankly I don't need her support. If she ousts me somehow or someday, so be it. She is an owner of a business like any other, and certainly not all of them voted for me." Until Flora has more political power other than her family, Harper will not treat her as someone to curry favor with. "If I apologize to her, she will know it's because you told me to. How is that any better than spoiling a child? She will know her crying and complaining to someone she sees as a higher power works, and it will only undermine my position. Do you consider that an acceptable loss?" Because Harper surely doesn't.
