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"True. We're to be entrusted with the authority to complete our missions as is. But, there's something to be said for a blank check, isn't there? The independent action to improvise at will is above and beyond the simple command 'Do what is nessecary, within limits.'" Sierra emphasized the final words as she responded, seeming both aggravated and yet stimulated by the attitude of the other recruit. Being contradicted served to both provide her both with the nuisance of not being believed and the activity of explaining her position and overthrowing the arguments leveled against it, making it both a burden and a pleasure. It was complicated. "Mission completion is always to be our foremost goal, but that doesn't mean there aren't other things to strive for, especially when those things provide advantages toward our main objective. Simply relying on the most basic resources available without aiming for the highest chance of success possible is just laziness, and we who, as Agents, will be expected to be nothing short of perfection, can't be weighed down by disregard of that sort," She concluded matter-of-factly, placing a hand on her hip for emphasis and titling her head slightly as though to ask "Don't you agree? Or is there something else I can explain for you?" It wasn't an expression of outright hostility, but there was something cold and dismissive about it, to be sure.