"All right," said Nika, nodding, stepping back. "Let me know if you need to lie down for a while. You seem fatigued. Sometimes the best way to rejuvenate is just to get horizontal for a while."
He left off his scrutiny of the Lieutenant with a light false punch to his chin and a smile.
"Where the hell is Volgin, anyway?"
He watched Ocelot, pacing, looking grave. The Major reached for a passing GRU soldier and hissed something in his ear.
The soldier nodded and saluted.
Not one of his own.
But one that was available immediately, as his own men had been dismissed to their barracks, with the exception of Imanov and the sniper.
They lingered unobtrusively, but kept a tetrarchical bead trained on both he and Rakitin.
If they split company, he had no doubt they would each gain a second shadow.
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Date: 2007-06-28 06:07 am (UTC)He left off his scrutiny of the Lieutenant with a light false punch to his chin and a smile.
"Where the hell is Volgin, anyway?"
He watched Ocelot, pacing, looking grave. The Major reached for a passing GRU soldier and hissed something in his ear.
The soldier nodded and saluted.
Not one of his own.
But one that was available immediately, as his own men had been dismissed to their barracks, with the exception of Imanov and the sniper.
They lingered unobtrusively, but kept a tetrarchical bead trained on both he and Rakitin.
If they split company, he had no doubt they would each gain a second shadow.