Valour's Choice
““I believe they’re making a point, sir.”
“A point?”
“That there’s more of them than there are of us.”
“Point taken.” Jarret flipped up his scanner and slid his helmet off so that his hair could move.
“Sir...”
“I know. Setting a bad example.” Sighing, he put it back on. “May I ask you a personal question, Staff?”
That was enough to move Torin’s gaze from the surrounding Silsviss to the lieutenant. At some point in their working relationship, usually while the shit was hitting the afterburners, j...unior officers always wanted to get to know their senior NCOs. She didn’t understand it, but she’d come to accept the inevitability. Unfortunately, Lieutenant Jarret had a better base to ask questions from than most. “You can ask, sir.”
“Are you afraid?”
And that moved her gaze back to the Silsviss again. Hundreds, maybe thousands of them; they couldn’t get a clear reading. Granted, they were attacking an entrenched position with primitive weapons, but the numbers...MoreLess
“A point?”
“That there’s more of them than there are of us.”
“Point taken.” Jarret flipped up his scanner and slid his helmet off so that his hair could move.
“Sir...”
“I know. Setting a bad example.” Sighing, he put it back on. “May I ask you a personal question, Staff?”
That was enough to move Torin’s gaze from the surrounding Silsviss to the lieutenant. At some point in their working relationship, usually while the shit was hitting the afterburners, j...unior officers always wanted to get to know their senior NCOs. She didn’t understand it, but she’d come to accept the inevitability. Unfortunately, Lieutenant Jarret had a better base to ask questions from than most. “You can ask, sir.”
“Are you afraid?”
And that moved her gaze back to the Silsviss again. Hundreds, maybe thousands of them; they couldn’t get a clear reading. Granted, they were attacking an entrenched position with primitive weapons, but the numbers...MoreLess
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