all i can speak to is if EYE was in vale's position. okay so like. you're in your thirties, people have been calling you washed for years, and your actual rival—your teammate Jorge Lorenzo, known drama starter—starts getting all up close and personal with your new friend (aka the dude you KNOW will surpass you one day ((vale isn't an idiot, he KNEW)) and who is also a known pariah) and your new friend seems to actually kinda LIKE this attention. he's leaning into it. maybe he finds it funny? why would he suddenly not talk to you but to JORGE. of all people. jorge is definitely using your new friend to fuck with you, cause no wayyyy jorge suddenly has a friend lmao. lmfao, even. and then said new friend is a terror on track TO YOU. like it does lowkey seem like he is fucking with you. because what does he have to lose? it's not his season to fuck up...and i mean. you also know that if you don't win it NOW, you'll probably never win it again, cause you're at the LINE. and your dedicated, frankly rabid fanbase is breathingggg down your neck. and it was only like...a couple years ago you fucked up your leg, and ducati was hell, so you have a lot of shit to prove here. you know. I'd fucking kick that kid too. personally.
