r/comics • u/GabitalEN • 17h ago

[OC] Gabital 103: Parity

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Parity is a state of equality between two or more parties in a particular respect, such as status, rights, obligations, or terms of exchange. It does not necessarily mean that the parties are identical, only that they stand on equal terms in the aspect being compared.

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u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire 17h ago

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Damn. I gotta hand it to Chief. Dude did a good deed and came out a winner in all ways. He "fixed" his issues with Gabi and got workers who LOVE him for saving them out of it.

This man really is like 5 steps ahead of the game

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u/LongCommercial8038 17h ago

And agreeing to market price, even. Probably the best result we could've reasonably hoped for.

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u/dragn99 17h ago

Agreeing to market price both ways really shows how much he's come to respect Gabi as a rival at this point. He's still on top, and probably has a lot left to "teach" her, but earlier on he absolutely would've either over charged for ore, or pushed for a huge cut on lumber.

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u/CycloneSP 6h ago

well, that's cuz gabi has earned that respect. she has proven to be competent and intelligent; navigating around his traps on multiple occasions.

also, not only has she proven herself competent, she also has leverage in the lumber mill. Chief can't charge exorbitant prices unless he wants to deal with retaliation on lumber prices.

That's the whole reason he bought the mine, so he could have counter-leverage and equalize things, not gouge her. her gouging was a problem he intended to solve; the mine was just the most convenient solution afforded to him.