“There’s no such thing as a leaderless group, humans don’t work that way. Someone is filling that role, it’s just a matter of whether the nature of the group allows for titles to make it official. Everyone wants to operate with a backstop, because the stress is unbearable otherwise. You have to know that if certain choices become impossible that there’s always someone who’ll take the responsibility. It’s just,” he shook his head, “it’s just the way it is, Zoey.”
