[The frustration is like a breath of wind ghosting across a hanging ribbon: it twists over, gentle and easy, the irritation sliding from it like a glancing blow. Patient. Somewhere small chains stir against one another, a small rasping sound.]
( We would like your assessment, General. Would you care to meet face to face, or do you prefer this? )
[There is, evidently, no third option that involves neither.]
no subject
( We would like your assessment, General. Would you care to meet face to face, or do you prefer this? )
[There is, evidently, no third option that involves neither.]