It wasn't meant as a true accusation, just a layer of cooling animosity for the cameras to allay suspicion, but Albert can tell he landed more than a glancing blow even before the retaliation comes. When it does, there's little enough Albert can do to brace himself for it besides let his face lose expression, mouth pressed in a thin line.
But in as much as Sigma's words are right on a level Albert doesn't want to acknowledge - he does consider himself Sigma's better, at least morally, when he has no real reason to do so. He's taught children to use weapons, tried to kill his own family, bent or even broke under strain he should have borne for their sake, and killed in cold blood with little remorse. How is he better in any way? - they are telling. Sigma loves, deeply and strongly. It's obvious in his phrasing, in his tone, in how it resonates with Albert's heart in the same depths he keeps himself. Love of family and the necessity of doing what it takes - anything it takes - to protect them.
He doesn't have to say he wants his daughter away from this place. It's a given, in the same way that if Albert could find a way to get Jet out, he would. Only he's restrained by the promise he'd made to not make decisions for Jet without his input. This daughter of Sigma's, at least, he has no such bargain with.
"Greater than any of us. It isn't about individuals, I've come to see that." They have to work together, on this side and the other, or they're going to lose everyone.
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But in as much as Sigma's words are right on a level Albert doesn't want to acknowledge - he does consider himself Sigma's better, at least morally, when he has no real reason to do so. He's taught children to use weapons, tried to kill his own family, bent or even broke under strain he should have borne for their sake, and killed in cold blood with little remorse. How is he better in any way? - they are telling. Sigma loves, deeply and strongly. It's obvious in his phrasing, in his tone, in how it resonates with Albert's heart in the same depths he keeps himself. Love of family and the necessity of doing what it takes - anything it takes - to protect them.
He doesn't have to say he wants his daughter away from this place. It's a given, in the same way that if Albert could find a way to get Jet out, he would. Only he's restrained by the promise he'd made to not make decisions for Jet without his input. This daughter of Sigma's, at least, he has no such bargain with.
"Greater than any of us. It isn't about individuals, I've come to see that." They have to work together, on this side and the other, or they're going to lose everyone.