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Jesus Christ. Is it don't have a heart attack? Cause you missed the boat on that one.

In a sense.

[There's a moment of silence before Haymitch finally just launches into it.]

You're thinking like the wrong kind of politician. Probably the last thing you want to hear right now, but if you keep this up, you're going to lose your mind. Then you'll be no better off than any of the rest. And what will we do then? Sit on our asses and hope someone else speaks up?

You're the second person to tell me I'm thinking about this the wrong way.

[ Nathan heaves a breath, the kind of sigh that someone makes as he sits deeper in his chair, which is exactly what he's doing. ]

What sort of politician do you need me to be?

If Carolyn wasn't the first, I'll be surprised. [Considering that's what spurred this.]

Stop trying to make them like you, for starters. You're not trying to win sponsors- you're leading a group of people who are fighting for their lives.

Kirk was a piss-poor captain- that's something you don't want to hear, but you're going to hear it anyway. Maybe his tactics worked where he's from, but not here. The only way we're getting anywhere is if we take the damned ship. Ward may know the ship better, but there's hundreds of us. And we're not playing house anymore.

[He takes a breath- or possibly he just stopped to take a swig of something.] Keep the speeches- keep it simple, let anyone watching know that you're a leader, but don't chase after anyone, don't get emotional, and don't worry about the ones you can't reign in. Your problem is getting us out.

You're saying I need to be a pragmatist, and stop trying to make friends.

[ He gives it the gravity it deserves, because it is time for a gear change. It's time to go out there and take the ship or die trying, because enough is really enough.

There's no captain running this ship, nobody in command, and Desmond has one thing right here--he feeds into Nathan's ego, his will to lead, and he's talking all the things he hadn't dared to let himself think, because it'll take him over if he lets it.

And it is time to let it. ]

Alright.

[ It doesn't have to be any more complicated than that. Alright. That's something he can do. ]

Sounds about right.

[He didn't expect it to be that easy, but the lovely thing about Haymitch is he's never thrown. You would think he planned Nathan's agreement from the moment he started this conversation with the way he launches into the rest.] Get yourself people you can trust- people who won't get lost in the ship and come back mad. Eventually someone's going to find Ward. Or scare him enough to make another move. And we'll be ready.