+iny ©at people

i dont think endangering and traumatizing someone to prove a point that amounts to a self-fulfilling prophecy is a lack of tact. we're our own antagonists here, the biggest danger we're up against is our own mistakes. what happened isn't something we can cover up, it's not something we're going to come back from. we've really fucked it here, and the only way this won't come back to bite us is if we're absolutely open and honest towards windy and fennel. they need to know that we've fucked up, that we're going to keep fucking up, that they need to rely on their own moral judgement because we are many and we are deeply flawed, and that a significant part of us wants to see them succeed. even tossing all compassion out the window, thinking about this in the coldest way possible, you have to keep in mind that if we lose windy and fennel, it's over, there's no way forward- we must fight for them, even against ourselves, or they will leave. what happened with fern is severe and they will find out one way or another