I appreciate you taking the time to explain your perspective Chewett.
And while i know i could sit here and explain in detail why i believe Rider deserves it for the work hes done, i also feel he does not want me arguing a moot point for him, breaching on disrespect if i did.
In my area we have a saying. I refuse to "beat a dead horse" for a lack of a better term.
You have made up your mind and i respect that. I can see just how much it would take to sway you. I also agree with some of your points, not all, just some.
Then again, i know in detail (at least from my time working with Rider on the Island) just how much hes done for Gateway, just how large his heart really is, and just how deserving a man i know him to be.
Maybe im biased in this light. Maybe it would be wrong for me not to be after all weve been through. Loyalty can be a double sided sword (and on that note, please do change the name to Land Affinity).
But again, something inside me says he doesnt want me arguing this for him. I know he is deserving. Thats all that truly matters. And if Fate would have it be so, it will eventually sway you to see things as thus.
if it doesnt, then it wasnt meant to be. God knows well have other chances, for these come in many forms and as long as we breathe on this physical realm, they will continue to be so.
Be what it may, ill accept the future as is. For the future influences the past, and the past, the future.