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You’d driven the conversation enough already, so you focus on your food for a short amount of time. Thankfully, Perkins picks up on the sudden dip in the conversation, and picks up the momentum to keep things going. “So, cap. What’d you get up to on leave?
“Visited the family, then took a few lessons at the Naval Academy.” You replied, sticking to the majority of your cover story from ONI. It was partially true too, you had visited your family, and you had attended a couple of lessons at the Naval Academy. It simply wasn’t what you spent the majority of your time doing.
“Teaching or being taught?” Perkins asked.
“A bit of both really. Teaching small vessel tactics in both counter-insurgency and counter-covenant operations. Being taught updated anti-covenant ship tactics.” You answered with a shrug, once again keeping up with the office’s lie.
“And how’s the family doing if you don’t mind me asking?” Perkins continued, deciding not to push the training front. Either because he wasn’t interested in hearing about it, or because he could sense that you weren’t interested in talking about it.
“They’re doing fine. Tribute’s nice and secure, especially with the Reach armada so close by.” You smiled wistfully as you remembered them. All of them were doing well, with only your younger brother having trouble pinning down a job. And that was more down to him being split between wanting to join up, and the rest of the family -yourself included- telling him not to.
“You ever thought about taking a posting with the fleet there? You know, stay closer to home?” Perkins suggested, taking you back to a conversation that you’d had a few times with both Beth and your mom.
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