[Why? It's not like Laurent will die, clearly, since Damen fell and he's fine. He could say that Laurent would fail, but he knows Laurent well enough to know that saying that will definitely only end in Laurent doing it anyway to prove him wrong. Whether or not he could actually succeed.
And why does Damen care anyway? It's not like he has any responsibility to protect Laurent here of all places. Not from physical harm and certainly not from embarrassment.
But still...
All right, he has to think strategically. It's the only way Laurent might listen, and he's running out of time til they reach the front. So he says the only thing he can think of that might work.]
We'll have a better chance of succeeding if we do it together.
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[Why? It's not like Laurent will die, clearly, since Damen fell and he's fine. He could say that Laurent would fail, but he knows Laurent well enough to know that saying that will definitely only end in Laurent doing it anyway to prove him wrong. Whether or not he could actually succeed.
And why does Damen care anyway? It's not like he has any responsibility to protect Laurent here of all places. Not from physical harm and certainly not from embarrassment.
But still...
All right, he has to think strategically. It's the only way Laurent might listen, and he's running out of time til they reach the front. So he says the only thing he can think of that might work.]
We'll have a better chance of succeeding if we do it together.