"Business, then pleasure," Raikov intoned, before signing off.
His comrade in sight, he gave him a wink. It wouldn't say much, not even in front of the Colonel, but would speak volumes to Ocelot.
"Here I am," he declared aloud, for the benefit of the Colonel, to quel his concerns, for he did look oddly tense.
He was aware this was not a good party to turn up fashionably late to, and didn't waste time in skipping the niceties.
"Sir. Do you want me to search outside and check for stragglers?"
No point trying to do a headcount on the lot behind him until the Colonel intervened, whereupon the whole lot of them would straighten up perfectly. Ivan could do it in the short-term, but right now he had two fists and several scores of men. His usual methods would take too long.
no subject
His comrade in sight, he gave him a wink. It wouldn't say much, not even in front of the Colonel, but would speak volumes to Ocelot.
"Here I am," he declared aloud, for the benefit of the Colonel, to quel his concerns, for he did look oddly tense.
He was aware this was not a good party to turn up fashionably late to, and didn't waste time in skipping the niceties.
"Sir. Do you want me to search outside and check for stragglers?"
No point trying to do a headcount on the lot behind him until the Colonel intervened, whereupon the whole lot of them would straighten up perfectly. Ivan could do it in the short-term, but right now he had two fists and several scores of men. His usual methods would take too long.