So obviously it’s a running joke about Grace not knowing he was basically Stratts no.2, he gave orders and tasks, approved designs and procedures outside of his team (yes in the book he had his own team of scientists) and he still didn’t piece it together.
But,
What interests me about this is, he has power right? He leads people and he gives orders- a lot nicer than Stratt and with more patience but he’s shown to get incredibly competitive and well bitchy right? And he kind of puts a barrier between others and Stratts bluntness, the comedic relief, the reassurance of “you’ll get used to it.”
He tries to comfort people who are obviously caught off guard or effected by Stratt’s attitude and actions.
What if they are both having a bad day though? What if they are both in a sour mood, something went wrong and they are in a funk- how would that possibly look?
Grace isn’t a saint, he can still have negative emotions and interactions with people and is willing to argue with people and so can Stratt but she just kind of tells people how it’s going to go and them complying will just be less embarrassing on their end.
I’d imagine they’d both have NASTY resting bitch faces.
If Stratt isn’t laughing, it’s okay she doesn’t do that,
If Grace isn’t laughing either, oh no you fucked up.
Idk if I was on that boat and I saw that they were both in a bad mood… I’d probably jump off tbh.
Grace would probably use the teacher argument and say he gets more cooperation and useful information from 12 year olds.
And Stratt would do the Miranda and hit you with the “That’s all.” and dismiss you like you’re just water in the vase ocean they are traveling in.
I need to see this scenario play out from other characters perspectives because that’s where all the comedy is.
Edit: IMAGINE IF GRACE KNEW AS MANY LANGUAGES AS STRATT DID, THEY WOULD TALK SHIT ABOUT YOU AND YOU WOULDN’T EVEN BE ABLE TO PROVE IT. But deep down you know.
