here’s the thing about mick rory. he doesn’t do authority. he doesn’t do rules. he doesn’t follow orders. except for the ones his chosen boss gives. and that’s the sticking point- mick rory chooses who he follows. and once he’s chosen he’ll follow them no matter how dark the path gets. mick rory chooses sara lance, and after that it doesn’t matter where they go, or who they’re fighting. what the boss says, gets done. and that’s not saying he doesn’t tell her to fuck off, doesn’t sleep through missions and make dumb choices and go off book. but i’m watching this scene in the first zari episode, and they get pinned by this group of argus agents and mick is ready to burn them all but stops when sara says. gets on his knees because she’s said to do as they say. he puts down his gun, in the face of danger and the opportunity to fry some assholes, because his captain gave an order, and out here in the field sara calls the shots. end of story.