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| �Support from us two won�t get you anywhere,� said Brungess. �I�m just an EDF soldier, and he�s just an everyday run-of-the-mill commander for 4th�s TASK FORCOM.� �Hey!� exclaimed Mansel. �You guys are missing the point,� said Meelan. �This could help the UNSF out greatly. Added firepower. The Imps wouldn�t dare oppose us if they saw we had such power. They would cower. �Not just that,� he continued, picking up speed, �it�s an adventure to be had. Better than the last one. We were musketeers then; what�s happened to your senses of adventure since? Have they left with your loss of command, Mansel? Perhaps they left with Brungess�s increase in rank. Whatever the case, even the slightest bit of an adventure used to entice us. What�s happened?� �We�ve grown up,� answered Mansel. �Both mentally and in importance to the UNSF and EDF. We have more responsibility now.� �Grown up?� asked Meelan. �Mansel, you�re twenty-nine; Brungess, you�re thirty-one. You mean to tell me that you�re too old to go and explore the galaxy? Mansel... Aramis, isn�t that what you�ve always wanted to do? Now this is your chance.� Mansel glanced at Brungess before addressing Meelan. �If we go or not, you�re still going, aren�t you?� Meelan nodded. Brungess sighed. �If you�re going, you�re gonna need someone level headed enough to get you out of your harebrained situations.� �And you�re gonna need someone to get you into them,� said Mansel. �We�ll go along to make sure you make it back alive.� He looked over at Lt. Col. Brungess. �I can�t believe we�re doing this.� �Neither can I.� Meelan laughed and looked at his two best friends for live. �All for one,� he said, reciting the motto of a legend from centuries ago that all knew well. Brungess nodded and looked over at Mansel. �And one for all.� |
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