[Flat. If there's any emotional response to the question, she's buried it so thoroughly that it's not even something she'll feel until later, until after she's left the room, until--
But if there's a list of things she knows - dry, uncomplicated facts - then she'll be adding 'Highly' in front of the line about every recruit on the ship being expendable. Not a surprise. Just a cold fact. They don't need people, they need machines. Effectiveness won't ever superseded obedience.]
[Which merits little more than a curt nod and a heel turn. If there was ever a time for a flicker of hesitation, a moment to say something to him that wasn't barbed to cut, it's long past. So she moves from the conference room without looking back.]
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[Flat. If there's any emotional response to the question, she's buried it so thoroughly that it's not even something she'll feel until later, until after she's left the room, until--
But if there's a list of things she knows - dry, uncomplicated facts - then she'll be adding 'Highly' in front of the line about every recruit on the ship being expendable. Not a surprise. Just a cold fact. They don't need people, they need machines. Effectiveness won't ever superseded obedience.]
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You are dismissed.
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