"This recruit understands perfectly, Comrade Commissar", Masha replied, again without emotion.
Her eyes never left the spot upon his forehead. Eye contact would not be wise, she knew, but this man thought she was asleep and clearly she was too lost in her own thoughts before. Masha would not be making that particular mistake again. Something told her that she had come to the right place, that she would get the answer to her question... one way... or another.