by Zender_Solarheart » Wed May 16, 2012 5:34 am
Greg just plays along for the time being, but that Admiral's managed to piss even him off...and given that Mr. Spade is normally a calm guy outside the fields of battle, that's quite an "accomplisment."
Of course, Lina's raging comes through on the comm band, and startles Greg. "JESUS! Made me jump halfway to the cieling there." He sighs to calm himself down, then speaks into the comm: "If it were as simple as 'kicking his ass,' that Admiral would've been ousted long ago. Gotta wonder how he stays in charge, what with being that jumpy, and all. I preferred my old CO...at least he tried to be reasonable."
Of course, Greg's referring to the recently-retired general Dalton Hale, whom he had served under for roughly 6 years of his military service. That guy wouldn't have just locked everyone up on a whim; he was more patient, and could tell the troublemakers aside from the decent types. He then decides to fill in Lina on a little secret:
"Between you and me, I'd like to take that dunder-head Emile, and launch him out of a torpedo tube with a mini-nuke...but that'd be going too far." *sigh* "...and people wonder why I've wanted to retire..." Greg's not trying to take the "easy way out" with the army jackasses, and he's dealt with them time and again. It's just that everyone has a threshold for stress, and he's exceeded his too many times for this to be a good lifetime career. Perhaps after all this is done, he'll find something a little more peaceful to do...maybe writing books, or something...
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