"Sorry to interrupt, Lt. Commander... but there are Three ships... your sentence is grammatically incorrect... it should say 'Which of the three ships is...' I can arrange for some ESL lessons after the... umm..." She faltered, looking through the door at his unamused face.
"So... coffee then? Should I get some for the applicants?" She quickly got up and raced to the coffee dispenser, returning with three cups.
"One," she said putting it in front of Ben.
"Two... and three..." she nodded in satisfaction. "Basic math... usually a pre-requisite of the Fighter Corps... Though there was this one time Admiral Karchov was staring down five ships, and he kept insisting there was only two..." She smiled fondly. "Seconds later there was only two... moments after that he'd taken them all to school on the short yellow bus..."
She stopped, looking at Lt. Commander Warner's face... "getting out of your office, now... err... sir..."
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