When Lorenzo leaned up against his deck and glared at him, Arrish found his shoulders squaring and his back straightening out. It was true that Arrish had since learned about the position of squad leader and how the more ambitious of his squad mates were chasing after the position, and it would be remiss for Arrish to not join them as well.[color red]"What's on my mind, sir, is that my squad mates are a scattered bunch of children. You can see it in some of their eyes and how they act. Some are frozen in some terrible moment in time, ready to throw themselves into the fire for revenge, and others are unaware or unwilling to see the depth of the threat we're facing. Put on the battlefield we'll have suicidal zealots throwing themselves into the enemy, or immature children pretending to be one of their childhood heroes, trying to be the strong man that saves the day and end up forgotten as nothing but a fool. What they lack is in stability, unity and vision."[/color]

[color red]"Many of them are young, but their minds need to grow up and realize there's no time for selfishness. We need to work together, and we need to work towards a goal that will change the shape of the war."[/color] Arrish took a long deep breathe before concluding. It was true that he was pursuing a head position, but it wasn't entirely for prestige or glory, or even because he wanted to clean his family's name. In fact, it was simpler than that. He didn't wanna fucking die. Maybe it was a sort of arrogance that made him think he could be the one to get himself and everyone out alive and out the other side. [color red]"There is one other thing, sir. I would like you to give aurora certification to work on the framewerks. If not, than the engineering privilege to my framewerk. I promised her I would speak to you, and here we are. Was there anything else, sir?"[/color] His voice had the tone of defiance to it as though daring to tell off Arrish for daring to speak to him that way, and to make a request—no a demand like that. 


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