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"He’s in the ood look at his face

"He was," I say, quieter "He was killed in action"

She looks up at me, eyes wide "I’m so sorry"

In this moment I know that this is what I wanted This is what I wanted that night in the salon, and it’s what I’ve wanted every day since then

She’s not looking attype of planet She’s not seeing a soldier, or a war hero, or an uncultured lout who doesn’t understand how hard this is for her, or an idiot who knows nothing about the right kind of anything

She just seescloser"

"And?"

"You confirht you already kneas true"

"Can you elaborate on how that caht the purpose of this debrief was to discuss my i is for you to anshatever questions we choose to ask you, Major We’re asking about Miss LaRoux"

"What was the question again?"

"Never mind We can come back to it"

"I’ll look forward to that"