He sits up with a grunt and accepts the shirt, unwrapping it and unbuttoning it.
"I used to be a member of Argosy Special Operations. Assassination and extraction was my specialty, but I could do long term missions." He straightens the collar, and tucks it into his dark slacks. But he leaves the top two buttons undone and scruffs his hand through his hair, so he looks less Emory and more Gaheris. A change in expression and he nearly looks like a different person.
"I became a commander aboard a High Guard ship, but I fell out of love with the military and the Commonwealth when they made an agreement, 'for peace', that would permit invaders to have Nietzschean settled territory that they invaded. Places where they were responsible for the deaths of billions.
"When the Nietzscheans united to overthrow the Commonwealth, I agreed to help them. Betrayed people close to me, even, because I believed in their cause and that they would push out the Magog. Instead, they took advantage of their new dominance situation and abused the weak, and they made themselves more vulnerable to the invaders."
He finishes and stands, knowing that he said quite a bit about what he'd done. He'd have to let her judge. "I don't want to see either happen. Especially after what's happened to the vampires. I'll go with whatever you decide, as I'm readily capable of assassination and if the final option requires it, I can make sure he's no longer an option as a candidate." And he considers himself expendable.
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"I used to be a member of Argosy Special Operations. Assassination and extraction was my specialty, but I could do long term missions." He straightens the collar, and tucks it into his dark slacks. But he leaves the top two buttons undone and scruffs his hand through his hair, so he looks less Emory and more Gaheris. A change in expression and he nearly looks like a different person.
"I became a commander aboard a High Guard ship, but I fell out of love with the military and the Commonwealth when they made an agreement, 'for peace', that would permit invaders to have Nietzschean settled territory that they invaded. Places where they were responsible for the deaths of billions.
"When the Nietzscheans united to overthrow the Commonwealth, I agreed to help them. Betrayed people close to me, even, because I believed in their cause and that they would push out the Magog. Instead, they took advantage of their new dominance situation and abused the weak, and they made themselves more vulnerable to the invaders."
He finishes and stands, knowing that he said quite a bit about what he'd done. He'd have to let her judge. "I don't want to see either happen. Especially after what's happened to the vampires. I'll go with whatever you decide, as I'm readily capable of assassination and if the final option requires it, I can make sure he's no longer an option as a candidate." And he considers himself expendable.