Ask for
Ask for verb - Increase the likelihood of.
Set
Set verb - To cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- Set a soldier on fire, and he'll ask for permission to drop and roll.
Source: Permission to Speak Freely - She becomes genuinely friendly and caring, expresses regret over what she wanted to do to Shepard, unlike other characters doesn't ask for help when trying to protect her sister, and upon discovering Cerberus has set up essentially a Nazi death camp makes efforts to warn people away.
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