[ Michel blinks down at Orion and gives his fingers an uncertain wiggle. Is it cats or dogs that answer to that...

He wonders if he should bother to use that pet voucher or not. ]

I understand the logic of your reasoning. [ And yet. ] ...It's how Didier used to play chess. If he saw a piece he could take, he would take it. Never mind what it did to his defenses.

[ Not everyone is good at playing the long game. He does know that. ]