"You're at their mercy." He'll give him that. "But of those who choose to follow you...can't you see, they are also at yours. And there are those who have chosen it. And I believe, based on your record, that they will continue to do so. It's what any captain in the world outside a navy lives on day to day. Even pirates settle things democratically. You must trust that they'll do what you say because they're intelligent enough to understand you're the one who gets everyone home."

A beat.

"Give them the trust you ask of them? Perhaps they'll give it to you if you make the first step. You always did it before."