[ Grist or no, it hasn't harmed Nate in the long run. Not with Rafe quietly following along after to make it abundantly clear to all that Nathan Drake's actions are sanctioned, that his suggestions be given due course, that his orders be followed. Period. Whether or not they glanced at each other in nonplus as they do so is beside the point. It'll all be paid forward when Nate really gets down to business.
Which seems to finally be now.
Rafe nods in agreement, mouth twisting in a begrudging smile as he lifts his arms in surrender. ]
I'm a guy who can admit when he's wrong. Give me specs for what you need, you'll have it within the month. [ That's the only place one can see Adler money shine around here — top of the line equipment down to the boots on the ground, the cutting edge of archaeology available as fast as they need it. Rafe can't deny where he comes (much as he'd like to) from but he can damn sure make the money work instead of letting it hang round his neck and crush him under the weight. ] And don't worry, I know exactly how good you are.
[ I remember Panama is on the tip of his tongue, the way three men scrambled through hell by the skin of their teeth. But he clips it back behind his teeth instead, and instead leans to snatch up a folder off the corner of his desk. Most employees on site have direct deposit but Nate seems to prefer the old school in a lot of ways, including this. ]
How you earned this, after all.
[ Fishing the check out of its brothers, he steps closer to hand it over — until the last second, when he instead tucks it into an inside pocket of Nate's jacket. ]
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Which seems to finally be now.
Rafe nods in agreement, mouth twisting in a begrudging smile as he lifts his arms in surrender. ]
I'm a guy who can admit when he's wrong. Give me specs for what you need, you'll have it within the month. [ That's the only place one can see Adler money shine around here — top of the line equipment down to the boots on the ground, the cutting edge of archaeology available as fast as they need it. Rafe can't deny where he comes (much as he'd like to) from but he can damn sure make the money work instead of letting it hang round his neck and crush him under the weight. ] And don't worry, I know exactly how good you are.
[ I remember Panama is on the tip of his tongue, the way three men scrambled through hell by the skin of their teeth. But he clips it back behind his teeth instead, and instead leans to snatch up a folder off the corner of his desk. Most employees on site have direct deposit but Nate seems to prefer the old school in a lot of ways, including this. ]
How you earned this, after all.
[ Fishing the check out of its brothers, he steps closer to hand it over — until the last second, when he instead tucks it into an inside pocket of Nate's jacket. ]