Category: Oliver

Marissa will give him silent space, even after his comment, only tilting her head slightly in response.   

She finishes her coffee. “Anything you’d like to tell me about that?”   

“We maintain a regular correspondence.   “He was excited when we heard from you again after so long.”   

She places her hand on the top of his, but doesn’t try to hold it. At his response she nods and after a second leans back, withdrawing her grip; there’s a sense of contentment...

“It sounds to me,” his mum hesitates, then reaches across the table to him, “that you’re playing dangerous games son.  I hope you’re being careful.” If he’s uncomfortable, or doesn’t wish to respond, she...

He can se her unpacking all the component parts of that statement and it’s implications. “You…. have been having interesting times.” Also:  I literally LOL’d.  

Back on the ship, Jennie feels suddenly happy for no reason she can explain at his ‘rest’ comment. *     *     * She looks interested/excited/impressed and makes a ‘tell me more’ face and...

“I usually get the grunts to stop and think about what we need to achieve before they run out and start shooting at stuff, then I go tail-end charlie and the marine Over Legionnaire...

“A league consisting of a bunch of Legionnaires from different branches, plus a team of Vizierate Wardens that somehow got invited and a group of Bureaucrats from our liaison group that came along for...

“I don’t free time very much.  I try and stay fit so I’ve joined a beam-tag team and I play an occasional pick-up game of sportsball.  I study too, been doing a leadership psychology...