[Which gets a bit of a look before he shakes his head.]
All the planning in the world can only get you so far, Cortana. Planning can make sure you know what you are doing, but for it to succeed, even the best of plans need luck.
[But that's the difference between them isn't it? He sometimes forgets she was an AI before being here.]
[Another sigh, this one louder. Sure, she's lost most of her processing power just by virtue of having a squishy brain and not a processing unit or dozen, but even she knows better than this.]
It doesn't hurt to have luck on your side, no, but relying on it like that? Is just asking for trouble. If you do your math right and plan correctly, the odds don't lie to you. From all my research, Lady Luck is too fickle to be counted on in war.
[Science and faith, meeting and headbutting again. At least she's nicer than her mother about it?]
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Date: 2013-03-31 03:01 am (UTC)All the planning in the world can only get you so far, Cortana. Planning can make sure you know what you are doing, but for it to succeed, even the best of plans need luck.
[But that's the difference between them isn't it? He sometimes forgets she was an AI before being here.]
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Date: 2013-03-31 04:41 am (UTC)It doesn't hurt to have luck on your side, no, but relying on it like that? Is just asking for trouble. If you do your math right and plan correctly, the odds don't lie to you. From all my research, Lady Luck is too fickle to be counted on in war.
[Science and faith, meeting and headbutting again. At least she's nicer than her mother about it?]