Many complaints have reached you from the company, people saying Ruse had been causing problems. The man was a fraud, needless to say. He liked to use smart words to get what he wants and to seem tough.

But he was a coward, and you knew that more than anything.

He hated spending more time than necessary at work, afraid that he’d be drafted to fight. He made people believe it was because he was busy outside of work.

Ruse sat in a restaurant, sitting in front of a plate of sushi as he watched the show on the tv at the corner of the shop.