[Sampo's gotten pretty good at reading body language over the years, since his continued existence depends on being able to get close to people. He can tell that what he's mentioned lands a few hits-- that little flinch when he mentions overworking, the tug at the corners of Gepard's mouth when he talks about the price of that overwork. He tries covering it up with annoyance, but Gepard already showed his hand. Sampo already knew that he was right just from that brief taste, but now he knows for sure.]
[It probably shouldn't be surprising that the captain of the guard is a workaholic who doesn't know when to take a break. He can practically picture it-- someone gets injured, and now there's a gap on patrol with no one to fill it, and who do they go to? The Captain, because he's reliable and competent and wants to take care of his men. So he'll take the double shift rather than double up one of the other guardsmen. Rinse and repeat, taking doubles or triples, going out again and again to spare the guardsmen under his command from having to take the same burden. And no one even thinks to question whether he should be taking it, because he's the captain.]
[It's at the kind of levels that even Gepard can't deny it, even if he's uncomfortable with the admission.]
Okay. [Because what else do you say to it? That's how things are. Sampo has neither the means nor the insight to make anything better for him with the guards.] So it's a time issue? You're too busy to eat, or to get something? And to sleep, apparently.
[That definitely needs to change. A guy can't live off of coffee and fried olm from food carts, eventually you've got to get, like. A vegetable or something in there. Something that hasn't been fried. Maybe even sit down to eat instead of shoving it in your mouth on the way to a meeting or another patrol.]
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[It probably shouldn't be surprising that the captain of the guard is a workaholic who doesn't know when to take a break. He can practically picture it-- someone gets injured, and now there's a gap on patrol with no one to fill it, and who do they go to? The Captain, because he's reliable and competent and wants to take care of his men. So he'll take the double shift rather than double up one of the other guardsmen. Rinse and repeat, taking doubles or triples, going out again and again to spare the guardsmen under his command from having to take the same burden. And no one even thinks to question whether he should be taking it, because he's the captain.]
[It's at the kind of levels that even Gepard can't deny it, even if he's uncomfortable with the admission.]
Okay. [Because what else do you say to it? That's how things are. Sampo has neither the means nor the insight to make anything better for him with the guards.] So it's a time issue? You're too busy to eat, or to get something? And to sleep, apparently.
[That definitely needs to change. A guy can't live off of coffee and fried olm from food carts, eventually you've got to get, like. A vegetable or something in there. Something that hasn't been fried. Maybe even sit down to eat instead of shoving it in your mouth on the way to a meeting or another patrol.]