It was not strange that you should come in late at night, and she knew it. Carefully, quietly, she came out of the shadows in front of you, smiling, her left arm behind her back and the right one offering you a towel for your sweat, you stopped training, panting, with sweat running down your body.

-I knew you'd be here, you never rest

His voice is softer than usual, that polite touch of always, walking around you, analyzing you in detail.

-I will come to the point, if the UNSC were to turn against me, would you support me?