Not only was she hallucinating a talking penguin, the hallucination was also insulting her! That said a lot about her psyche, didn’t it? A lightbulb turned on inside her head. What if… what if she wasn’t hallucinating? What if what she was experiencing was actually real, and he was legitimately a talking penguin and possible war veteran, which was a whole other can of beans? The fact that he was talking down to her distracted her away from her confusion, too. Rapidly-cycling emotions saved the day once again as her panic turned to annoyance.
“Uh, I can handle storms just fine. They happen all the time, unlike talking animals, but whatever. Also, I’ve never done anything straight in my entire life, and that includes walking, and no, I will not change.” She walked towards him, her arms crossed like his flippers were. Weren’t penguins supposed to be cute? Actually, no – if she recalled correctly, they could be pretty ruthless. Reptiles and amphibians were more her realm, but she liked to learn about all animals. Oh well. She wasn’t scared of a bird, even a talking one with, uh, a military background or whatever. “Also also, why did that Alice lady not disclose this? This is, like, a thing you disclose to new employees! What the hell?!”
The commando tuts and shakes his head. ❛ Wow sass-mouth you just opened a whole can of moxie there. ❜ Where had that come from? Perhaps he had underestimated her.
❛ Alice? ❜ Skipper scoffs. ❛ That woman can’t even tell us apart from four bowling pins on a good day! ❜ Though it was true the red haired zoo keeper was skeptical of the penguins “antics”. ❛ Besides if she or yourself were to disclose information on our operation ❜ - and the way he turned toward her was both comedic and patronizing- ❛ I’d have to kill you. ❜
He folded his flippers behind his back, pacing back and forth on the crate he had perched himself upon, much higher than the female so he could display his “authority”. ❛ No. That would be a waste of a potential ally and it would not be an honorable death on your part either. Whatever happened to the people like Wonder Man who were willing to die like heroes! ❜ Well for one those types of people only existed in graphic novels.
❛ I suppose I can recruit you into the fold under a temporary alliance as I am separated from my men with no way or means to regroup with them. ❜ If she was getting the feeling that she did not have choice in this then she was right. ❛ I’m Skipper, I’ll be your leader for this mission and you are? ❜ He did not wait for an answer instead blurting out. Well that’s too bad because your name is Cadet now! Capiche, Cadet? ❜ Again no real pause for response. ❛ Well Cadet, as I explained earlier I need to rendezvous with the rest of my unit, back at Central Park and your backpack is the best and most efficient mode of transport. We don’t have much time to get back and since you can handle the storm your the perfect man for the job. ❜ He meant woman,...probably. Maybe. Not really.
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