Bronze Star kid with a heart of Gold
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Bronze Star kid with a heart of Gold
We’re using Captain Redfield’s office for my interview this morning with Alpha Team’s Finn Macauley. The Captain’s away in DC, and Corporal Macauley doesn’t have a quiet place of his own. But when we meet there I discover we’re not alone. Lieutenant Nivans is also in attendance. Apparently he decided to ‘tidy-up’ the Captain’s office on the spur of the moment, and is using Corporal Macauley to help.
I knock on the door. “Ooh Lieutenant Cooper Ma'am! I forgot the time.” Finn grins, the first of many throughout our interview. He’s that rare thing in the BSAA, an eternal optimist. Lt Nivans, on the other hand, seems not to be.
As we start the interview Lt Nivans remains standing by Finn’s side. I ask, politely of course, why he’s there.
Without turning a perfectly gelled hair, he replies, “I’m making sure he doesn’t say anything.”
“Anything?” I say, surprised.
“Anything, er, untoward.”
“I’m sorry Lieutenant, but that sounds rather like censorship.”
I receive one of those icy-cold looks. “Think of it more as Command Guidance then.” And as he turns to leave he says, “Remember, I’ll be outside Finn!”
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