They are both not likely to be certain would be 100%, likely would be anywhere above 50%, and unlikely would be under 50%
Incorporate what? if you mean their selfs then i would say by giving a spice of them self or make their story have some character that relates to them, but then again the story itself is them already.
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The Further the voyage, the better.
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It is the first one: Be sure to watch the sick child carefully, please.
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I would say this would classify as a downward comparison as the person is talking about Mark who has a poorer job situation than him and this could be used to bolster the speaker's ego or to knock poor Mark or could just be an observation.