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"I could've asked, but that would be boring, don't you think?", Virginia took another drag from her vanilla scented cigarette, and blew a puff of smoke away from Morreti, scratching her nose, "I know you're a very dangerous man too, but I don't know why yet. Dangerous, without mercy, but also willing to risk much for others. It wasn't until later that I learned from my gunners that you were alone in one fighter defending my ship from bombers and their escorts."
There was a professional admiration or respect in her voice - she too knew what it meant to stand up for her subordinates and face the consequences for her decisions, but the fact was that she had never been put in such a disadvantageous situation and so it was hard to predict how she would have acted in his position.
"And you know how to inspire others for your cause, you know how to sell it.", she added after a moment, tapping the ash from her cigarette into the ashtray, "I think you knew that a soldier like me needed a cause to fight for, a hope for something better. But... you could still sell me revenge if I needed it, but we've talked about that, haven't we?".
