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His counterpart was a young woman, obviously of noble standing, and she had made a point of announcing herself as a priority- Countess Haile Margareta Rendsdottir-Hageldorf, acting commander of “you all”- your precise new battalion designation was unclear. Her apparel was far fancier- and far cleaner, as though she’d just stepped out from a landgraf’s mansion, and not from a command car- which very well may have been just as well appointed as a landgraf’s winter home. Her coat was the blue of the armor corps- though the crown-beret was not typical for any but those of means and particular standing.
“Lazy fools!” the lady noble said, her arms crossed and an annoyed tone in her meticulously sculpted High Nauk accent. Her lips and cheeks were painted, and her eyes were sharp, her hair cut to the neck and perfectly groomed. The Countess’s appearance was a delight to some soliders- though her attitude was not such to any of them- though only the foolhardy would brazenly cross a lady of high birth- especially the daughter of a Councilman. “Who ordered you to tell your troops to stop and rest, you idiot Major? Has one small defeat chilled your warrior spirit to the bone?”
The <span class="mu-i">idiot Major</span> was Major Sanen Yule- and he was unrepentant. Some of you had welcomed his command to get what rest you could, but the other portion of you arriving with Countess Haile had interrupted this rest. Major Yule was a calm natured infantry officer, and had a cool expression as he replied, “Now-now, no need to be in a hurry to get back to the front. The salty-bollocks are nowhere to be seen, and that’s because the Third Line’s still holding, the Second Fortress Line’s not all gone quite yet. We need every moment the Twaryians are gonna give us.”
“Every moment,” the Countess waved a finger accusingly, “That <span class="mu-i">you</span> are giving the Twaryian Confederacy is another that they encroach upon our peace and prosperity. Waste any more time and I will report you to my lord uncle of the Landgrafs’ Military Advisory Board, and I will have plenty of witnesses to testify for the necessity of your replacement.”