[ Fortunately, Sholmes drops the topic of fairytale kisses, satisfied that he's put the general off balance.
He finds her explanation far more interesting, anyway. Of the military types he's met, most of them tend to be blindly loyal to Queen and Country. (With the exception of some jaded old-timers, perhaps.) He chalks it up as a mechanism for justifying frightening and violent work; questioning one's duty leads to a tortured conscience.
Sholmes is, as ever, grateful he's but a freelancing consultant, answering to no one but his client du jour and his own moral compass. ]
Surely a woman like you has no qualms about voicing her dissent. [ A musing swirl of his drink. ] What does your queen make of it?
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He finds her explanation far more interesting, anyway. Of the military types he's met, most of them tend to be blindly loyal to Queen and Country. (With the exception of some jaded old-timers, perhaps.) He chalks it up as a mechanism for justifying frightening and violent work; questioning one's duty leads to a tortured conscience.
Sholmes is, as ever, grateful he's but a freelancing consultant, answering to no one but his client du jour and his own moral compass. ]
Surely a woman like you has no qualms about voicing her dissent. [ A musing swirl of his drink. ] What does your queen make of it?