>>No, but they do have instincts - which, as it happens, they didn't
>>have before, and are still getting used to the concept. That was kind
>>of the idea, anyway.
>
>hmm not sure i follow how that applies, i can see grudging trust in
>light of not 1 but 2 Fog ships in his company but it seemed to 'easily
>accepted' that early in the meeting between fog/human.

I think the aspect you might be missing is derived from the manga version of Arpeggio, which didn't get explored much in the anime- the Fog are conditioned, designed even, for obedience. They need to fit in to the chain of command somewhere, even if that chain is only one link long, and the need is so powerfully ingrained that they will fall in and follow the first thing that gives them orders (e.g. Kongou working for EarthForce even though she knows they're scum).

Consider that the rest of the Fog ships at Midway just woke up to find they have no orders, triggering that need; they just manifested Mental Models, giving them access to emotions; and then they discover that a professional asshole (and her Psi Corps handler) are coming to give them those orders whether they like it or not, and it's not surprising at this point that they're throwing themselves towards Option B.

>>>Tenryu's seemed the most Fog-ish response
>>>though i cant say anything about her Kancolle persona, having made no
>>>appearancein the anime and not having played the game.
>>
>>Strangely, Tenryū's stock self-introduction line makes
>>more sense in Cantata than it does in the game, where
>>she is, in essence, trying to intimidate her newly assigned commanding
>>officer.
>
>and this is where having never played the game and only having a
>passing knowledge of the vast array of characters it has makes it hard
>to comment on a given persona. i recognized her from artworks and the
>like but know nothing about her in game. i probably could have gone to
>the wikia and dug a bit to find out more about her but as it isnt a
>really big issue in itself i didnt bother.

What makes Tenryuu's attitude even funnier is the fact that she is, in fact, outgunned by the Akatsuki sisters by a fair margin, and by everything else in the dock by a much, much greater margin.

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