[b]Mischief Reef/Đá Vành Khăn/Panganiban Reef - 11/09/2022 06:00 UTC+8[/b]

A number of things make Nil doze off, long briefings being one of them, fortunately she found it easier to follow Noel than the Admiral last time. Or at least make an attempt to follow, Nil had no idea what things like [i]War hawks[/i], [i]US Congress[/i] or [i]red flag[/i] all meant, but she didn’t question it.

[i][color=8F00FF]Sounded important.[/color][/i]
While trying to figure out the relevancy of that, Nil observed the pictures on screen, the riverside city being a welcoming change from the tiny atoll they are currently on.

As the Lieutenant finished his talk, Nil sat a bit more comfortably, as if finally understanding their assignment was [i]mitigating risks[/i] and those were clear orders and needed no further discussion.

Nil put on her new earmuffs, she did consider keeping a collection given how easily they broke in the recent missions, but failed where or how to buy them so the idea got thrown out that same day. Slowly she started nodding with her head, obviously trying to imitate headbanging she might have seen these past days, but listening to blissful silence instead, surely no one would enjoy putting loud rock music on their ears.

Glancing around she recognised a few faces and some others were rather new, to this moment trying to figure out what Berto and Aoi are all about.