[ as to which part of the government she worked in, if he were a betting man, he'd guess something in Intelligence. of course, he doesn't say it just yet. no, for the time being, he had a few other questions. ]
What was the year for you, back home? Before the Storm hit? Back home, I was right in the middle of the quagmire that Afghanistan turned out to be. Funny that we mocked the Americans for Vietnam, only to turn around and make the same mistake.
[ he'd already heard about the Soviet Union's downfall from enough people to know that it was set in stone. and given that she mentioned "accepting a job from an American", it'd make sense she wouldn't stick around and deal with the political fallout. ]
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Thought I heard a little bit of Volga in there.
[ as to which part of the government she worked in, if he were a betting man, he'd guess something in Intelligence. of course, he doesn't say it just yet. no, for the time being, he had a few other questions. ]
What was the year for you, back home? Before the Storm hit? Back home, I was right in the middle of the quagmire that Afghanistan turned out to be. Funny that we mocked the Americans for Vietnam, only to turn around and make the same mistake.
[ he'd already heard about the Soviet Union's downfall from enough people to know that it was set in stone. and given that she mentioned "accepting a job from an American", it'd make sense she wouldn't stick around and deal with the political fallout. ]