Worthlessplebian
Worthless pleb
RAKH XIRILENKIA
CADETSTATUS:
Active DutyLOCATION:
Cafeteria, Velika Prime, FABELIKA PRAETORI SYSTEMINTERACTION:
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TheRealAngeloftheStorm
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N/ARakh kept to himself after he answered. The food, despite its imperfections, grew on the Dazhoretian. Leagues better than the MREs he once consumed. He prodded the last piece of potato and mopped up the juices and gravy left on his plate, almost wiping the dish clean before eating the piece. He turned his head slightly when Marian acknowledged his advice, returning the gesture with a dip of his own head. In any case, it was clear to Rakh that she's had formal training. Better training than an average, lowly soldier would; quite possibly a master at arms, it wouldn't be too far of a stretch, the Aristocracy had those back on Dazhoret too. Then again, the lower families would also skimp out and hire whatever washed-up yahoo that didn't inject a round into their brain matter after the first day and Rakh didn't know which tier did rui Marik belonged to.
He smirked at Rel-Taren's conclusion of well-deserved brutality. It was an appreciative smile. A valid statement if ever there was one for war. He wondered in his head about peace. One could say that peace is the foreshadowing of a larger conflict, Rakh mused. Then again, if they do achieve peace, what'll it be in store for them? The Empire and Empress wouldn't have much use for them, even more so if they become distinguished and set apart from the rest of their ilk. The nano-instant that thought crossed Rakh's mind, he dismissed it: on the principle of its utter uselessness at the present time. Should he come across that bridge, he'll burn it.
Then Fionnuala spoke. His ears twitched once in delight as he leaned further onto the table, pushing the tray of utensils and plate with his forearms away. The expressionless eyes eased into a lightness. Pupils dilated as Rakh tried to lance through the corporeal surface, to gaze upon one's soul. Alas, he is not a psychic, so he could only throw darts at what moved the fanged sanguine. His estimation is that her thoughts lingered on her brother, the one that looked so strikingly similar to her when they saw his photo on the wall along with his generation of cadets. He could only imagine the pain of being separated and ignorant of a sibling's fate. Especially so hooked at the hip as they were. As he and Nika were.
Or maybe, he could feel it. We did come close to that, didn't we? A galling, minuscule part of his mind cooked up that epiphany. He softly grunted his displeasure at that notion as he looked away to drink water out of the plastic cups that were provided.
Next was Marian and Rakh found himself agreeing with her statement as well, though he did find those propagandist thoughts about Sorenti titans a tad irksome.
"I suppose so," he appended. They were going to play their parts, though what their parts will be? That he cannot say, nor dare he speculate. "It's true what you've said," he spoke generally to his peers at the table. "A MOBIUS squad can, and does, win battles. But wars were always decided on logistics and supply chain management. The distant project of force is power, but maintaining that projection is a greater one, I reckon. No doubt, a lot of planets have already been converted or at least have geared their purpose to be transport and industry hubs if what I hear on the digital vine is correct. Dazhoret has always been like that, so the only change was or is higher quotas." He lessened his accent on command with a marginal degree of effort. Valuable human and technological resources at their disposal. A smile, spurred by a memory, meekly pushed at his cheeks. He still could not remember his name, but the conversations came one by one. "Let's hope the number crunchers use them well." He paraphrased that nostalgic saying, as he recalled there was a lot more swearing involved.