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My head ha for the catch

“Then we found out you’re a liar” He jerks so from his pocket It’s a Polaroid picture—one that showsed up motorcycle

“Do you know this man?”

I blink,in my ears

“Is this fellow a friend of yours? Someone you had to try and colares down atme to interrupt in self-defense

“You deviated froation test to help this ency phone booths You made a call to local law enforcehs derisively and shakes his head The look on his face tells me I’m an idiot, and I don’t even knohy

“You didn’t do the huh he called behind you as you walked away”

My face htens as his neck and cheeks flush deeper red

“Did you think eren’t watching? You think you can do whatever you want? You were not to deviate from the mission!” Spittle flies down at me “You think you can jeopardize what you do as an Operator for a stranger? Play Good Sauy? You didn’t stay the course! You didn’t even stay with hih me “That motorcyclist you came across—the one you threw the nav test away for—he died You could have saved him, but you half-assed that, too”

My sto ers “First you leave your course You use a phone and call police And then you lack the balls to even follow through and stay with this man as he suffers He was an innocent civilian, not a war cri of a pussy to abandon your mission and stay to couilt I’ “You have no morals You’re worthless!”

The insultup and throttling the asshole, I hold still, the wheels in

“I wouldn’t have thought a Ranger would be worthless, but that’s what you are, sergeant”

I take a slow breath Exhale as he scowls down at me

I get this They’re trying to rattlewith the injured biker I ca the nav course? My actual orders were not to deviate for anything, so itwith the injured stranger long enough

I take another deep breath Ride it out This is a test