This time the frown is directed at Cao Pi rather than the wine. "Y'know, maybe people would take you more seriously as a leader if they thought you cared about them."
Okay, no, he says it before he hears it in his head and then clamps his mouth shut. It's a little too genuine for his liking. At least this is Cao Pi and not, say, an admiral from home, or his brother, or someone he has to speak more carefully around (or not speak at all, of course, in that one particular case).
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This time the frown is directed at Cao Pi rather than the wine. "Y'know, maybe people would take you more seriously as a leader if they thought you cared about them."
Okay, no, he says it before he hears it in his head and then clamps his mouth shut. It's a little too genuine for his liking. At least this is Cao Pi and not, say, an admiral from home, or his brother, or someone he has to speak more carefully around (or not speak at all, of course, in that one particular case).