It was true that Okita had a point about the soldiers. They all tended to have very strict orders that they were required to follow, and the food fight had been a special case. On a day-to-day basis, chances were that they were going to merely escort them around and break up fights, the same way the nurses had done. There would probably be more physical force used with less needles being jabbed into arms, but...
Despite that making sense, Guy still had to wonder if it would be more totalitarian than that. If was possible they could be treated worse, allowed to do less, and be punished for things that barely counted as rule-breaking. These soldiers didn't exactly seem reasonable from what had had seen thus far. So, while he wanted to hope that Okita was correct, he wasn't going to rely on that being the case either.
As for Okita's question, that was something that he could respond to more easily. Guy paused in eating his dinner and glanced over at his roommate. "Well, I know a lot of people have trouble with authority. The nurses filled that role to a point, but I think that the soldiers are likely to do a lot more ordering around. I think some people are going to resist that and there might be some butting of heads that could lead to violence or a punishment for all of us." The military liked to make examples of people, but they also liked to hold everyone accountable for one person's mistake. There were a lot of variables about the whole issue that made him uneasy.
Despite that making sense, Guy still had to wonder if it would be more totalitarian than that. If was possible they could be treated worse, allowed to do less, and be punished for things that barely counted as rule-breaking. These soldiers didn't exactly seem reasonable from what had had seen thus far. So, while he wanted to hope that Okita was correct, he wasn't going to rely on that being the case either.
As for Okita's question, that was something that he could respond to more easily. Guy paused in eating his dinner and glanced over at his roommate. "Well, I know a lot of people have trouble with authority. The nurses filled that role to a point, but I think that the soldiers are likely to do a lot more ordering around. I think some people are going to resist that and there might be some butting of heads that could lead to violence or a punishment for all of us." The military liked to make examples of people, but they also liked to hold everyone accountable for one person's mistake. There were a lot of variables about the whole issue that made him uneasy.
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