>"Captain Boulay, this is Captain Johnson, my chief of staff, Captain Larsen
>the Commanding officer of this starbase, Commanders Renault and Wisemann,
my
>personal aide and station operations officer, and you know Commander Hewitt
>of course." the Admiral said pointing to an empty chair that was prepared
>for David.
>David sat down in his chair as directed but carried himself as a solid
>officer despite the situation, "Admiral, Captains, Commanders..thank you
for
>the dinner invitation." Before they began David spoke up sensing he needed
>to impress these other officers since he had begun working on Hewitt on the
>way down, "I wanted to apologize for my behavior earlier Admiral....I'm
>afraid the toll of what I have gone through has been more substantial than
>earlier thought. I will help you in any way I can."
>"Captain, I am glad to hear that you have changed your mind. Perhaps after
>a good meal and a good night's sleep you will be able to remember properly.
>We can begin the debriefing process more formally in the morning. However,
>if you could answer one question that may help out. What were you doing out
>there? That has been plaguing me since I heard of your disappearance." Van
>Der Loo was very sincere in his tone of voice, and manners. The other
>officers seemed to welcome him as well, genuinely. However, that only
>served to heighten David's suspicions. Afterall it was just that morning
>that the Admiral was so hard pressed to get him bebriefed and sequestered.
>Perhaps it was honestly nothing, or perhaps it was the everything. Only
>time would tell.
"I was not given a great deal of direction...he wanted a status report on
the situation...along with any general concerns I had from a legal
standpoint. I don't question Admiral Lasiter sir."
"Perhaps I asked the wrong question. Why were you out in the field with
those particular Marines?"
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