I can see it in his movements, his unease at the thought of not fighting. He's not in this for the glory, he's here because it's what he's good at. Suddenly I wonder, against all odds, if we were placed in the same room on purpose. If someone knew how similar we really are.
I stretch my legs out across the bed, rotating my feet at the ankles to get the cricks out. "I'm not too familiar with how things work on your side of things," I start slowly, the back of my head still nagging at me, "but it seems like if you ace your combat application regularly, but flub one or two significant political interactions, you'd probably still be ranked high, but passed over for the Vanguard."
They're not going to throw somebody who can't keep their tongue still on the emperor's ship, after all. There's something to be said about a little bit of well-applied disobedience.
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Date: 2012-06-18 09:24 pm (UTC)I stretch my legs out across the bed, rotating my feet at the ankles to get the cricks out. "I'm not too familiar with how things work on your side of things," I start slowly, the back of my head still nagging at me, "but it seems like if you ace your combat application regularly, but flub one or two significant political interactions, you'd probably still be ranked high, but passed over for the Vanguard."
They're not going to throw somebody who can't keep their tongue still on the emperor's ship, after all. There's something to be said about a little bit of well-applied disobedience.