[Grey says, with the air suggesting that he still doesn't quite entirely believe the whole of it. He takes in a deep breath, letting it out slowly, before glancing back at the other man. Adopting as neutral as an expression as he can: stiff upper lip and all that. Even as he continues on to say,]
It is all a bit much to adjust to, however. One minute you're in Germany, in the middle of a campaign, and the next...
[He waves his hand about themselves. Carefully crafting the very picture of calm and collected as he quips,] I would like to hope that at least we won the bloody thing, before they plucked me out of there.
[Though the rock settling in this career soldier's stomach is beginning to suggest that in the end -- it might have all been for naught.]
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[Grey says, with the air suggesting that he still doesn't quite entirely believe the whole of it. He takes in a deep breath, letting it out slowly, before glancing back at the other man. Adopting as neutral as an expression as he can: stiff upper lip and all that. Even as he continues on to say,]
It is all a bit much to adjust to, however. One minute you're in Germany, in the middle of a campaign, and the next...
[He waves his hand about themselves. Carefully crafting the very picture of calm and collected as he quips,] I would like to hope that at least we won the bloody thing, before they plucked me out of there.
[Though the rock settling in this career soldier's stomach is beginning to suggest that in the end -- it might have all been for naught.]