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“Don’t be dramatic. You sent everyone else out, so there’s no point in grandstanding.”
“Call it a fatal flaw. I always tend to play for the camera.”
“Or your inexhaustible ego. This is the last opportunity, Marik. The next questioner will not be so gentle. You can’t be so arrogant as to think you have a chance at fighting your own state along with the foes already at the gates.”
“They are not at our gates, we are at theirs. It gives me a certain leverage. Now leave. I can have a VTOL take you away in 5. You have a long trip awaiting you.”
There’s silence. A moment where two soldiers stare across at each other. Both are armed. The second passes.
The Commissar reaches to remove a pinned medal from his uniform, casting it on the holo-table, before striding out the door.
“I’ll have a trusted crew on that transport.” Nero speaks from beside him.
He nodded. Both of them knew that Mica wouldn’t make it to his destination.
“Get me a line to the Tamar Ambassador, once Mica is away.”
The first rule of negotiating was to always start from a position of strength, and he had that for now.
A/N
Final interlude, I swear. New thread soon.
Look, GFL has some good human character designs. And the red greatcoat just works, ok?
On an unrelated note, today/tomorrow (depending on time zone) commemorates the ending of the War to End All Wars. 2738 men died fighting on the final day of the war, up to soldiers dying in the last 60 seconds before the truce came into effect, on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, in 1918.
Also just had to fix some formatting, hence the delete and repost.
