[ Arms crossed, a hand ever so slightly squeezes at his forearm when Blue speaks of his wish for more time, more ability. He wishes for those things, too. He wants to grant him that and so much more that he desires.

After a moment, though, the hand eases up as he takes in the rest of what Blue says. ]

There's a pretty thin line between pipe dreams and attainable hope. Hubris can make the former seem like the latter, and too little determination the opposite. In order to retain the right morale among a team, one has to carefully walk that line.

[ He looks down thoughtfully. ] No morale at all, though, I think, is a far worse thing to have. So a little dreaming is fine if it can inspire the right action. By and large, people do better when they have a little hope as opposed to nothing.