I only answer to the Strategic Homeland Division, sir.
Yeah. Like that'll go over well.
She holds her composure until Mother turns on Voodo. Only then does she exhale in quiet relief. It could have much worse, all things considered. As he leaves, she throws him a discrete thumbs-up. It doesn't help the backflip her stomach does when Mother turns back to her, but it's a small comfort.
(It's only later, while Faye lectures her about "reckless behavior" and "conduct unbecoming" and "taking stupid risks", that she retracts that thought.)
"...I'm sorry, what?" The peace never seems to last long. Or at all. "...Oh, you have got to be kidding me. How busy, exactly?"
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Yeah. Like that'll go over well.
She holds her composure until Mother turns on Voodo. Only then does she exhale in quiet relief. It could have much worse, all things considered. As he leaves, she throws him a discrete thumbs-up. It doesn't help the backflip her stomach does when Mother turns back to her, but it's a small comfort.
(It's only later, while Faye lectures her about "reckless behavior" and "conduct unbecoming" and "taking stupid risks", that she retracts that thought.)
"...I'm sorry, what?" The peace never seems to last long. Or at all. "...Oh, you have got to be kidding me. How busy, exactly?"