I can also imagine the dead inside reader being friendlier with the new recruits bc you know that dictatorship gets you nowhere, the new recruits view you as the nicest one since your fellow executives are cocky, it all changed when they overheard one of your connection said this, "So (name) simply ruined (rival gang executive name)'s reputation? She has gone soft". Mikey's surprised too but who is he to judge :v
Yk any time you say dead inside, my brain just thinks of Mikey and those panels where he looks utterly broken and hollow. No one can top his dead inside look
And yeah, Mikey really can't judge π€·πΎββοΈ