“Ah. The confidence and absence of false pride that comes of already having achieved flag rank. Would that all officers saw things so clearly.” “Would that they did,” Ar’alani agreed, giving Wutroow’s straight face right back at her. Which would never happen, of course. Family pressures and ambitions would forever be an entanglement to the officers and warriors of the fleet, despite the Council’s best efforts to eliminate such influences. Most of Ar’alani’s colleagues condemned the politics. Ar’alani had found it more effective to simply accept the fact and factor it into her assessments and
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