Shane looked up from the report that was placed right in front of him, with Zekser sitting right in front of him. The man was the vice-captain of his specially curated team, that was responsible for getting the Rune Knight General the latest information regarding anything at all. The captain of Team Alpha, Ethan was away on a reconnaissance mission along with two other members of the five-man squad, Wright and Baer. Despite the information that was being presented to his superior, Zekser was quite relaxed, leaning back into his chair and going through his iLac while waiting for Shane to give him a response.
His superior, on the other hand, was poring through the information within the folder, and after ten more minutes, he finally closed the file, fingertips resting on the closed folder. The fingers on his left hand rhythmically tapped on the table, as he looked down at the folder as though he could peer through the cover.
“What’s your call, Cap?” Zekser asked as he turned his iLac and slipped it back into the pant pocket of his uniform, looking at Shane. His expression was indifferent. Gregory Zekser was one of the oddballs in the Rune Knights. He was not a social person, keeping to himself, but when one could crack past the layer of indifference, he was actually a person of many talents. And the one talent that Shane had noticed was his ability to adapt rapidly regardless of where he was deployed. It was for this reason that he had often sent this man to the wilder countries where their cultures differed from Fiore far too much for a normal soldier to get acclimated.
“Chess and Bravo are both out. I’ll take this up myself. There was this young one that just joined us recently, right?” Shane spoke up after being prompted by his subordinate. There was a sharp glint in his eye as he began to make up a plan of sorts, wondering if he could use this situation as a test. He wasn’t really worried that the situation would get out of hand since he would be handling it personally.
“The one the Director brought in? Temero,” Zekser replied after one short second of going through the information in his mind. Like the rest of Team Alpha, he was also required to know the ins and outs of the Rune Knights as clearly as the back of their hand. Information was what they specialized in, and it was also the only thing that Shane had tasked them with. If they couldn’t even have a full grasp of what was happening within their own organization, they would have failed.
“Yes. That boy. The Director trusts him, and while I trust the Director’s judgement, it still wouldn’t hurt to give the boy a test. Send for him. Tell him to meet me in the barracks. He’ll be going on this job with me. Tell him nothing. I will brief him later,” Shane instructed. The two men stood up from their chair at the same time, with Zekser nodding and then moving out of the room while Shane shook off his black uniform coat and hung it in his cupboard before moving towards the barracks.
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His superior, on the other hand, was poring through the information within the folder, and after ten more minutes, he finally closed the file, fingertips resting on the closed folder. The fingers on his left hand rhythmically tapped on the table, as he looked down at the folder as though he could peer through the cover.
“What’s your call, Cap?” Zekser asked as he turned his iLac and slipped it back into the pant pocket of his uniform, looking at Shane. His expression was indifferent. Gregory Zekser was one of the oddballs in the Rune Knights. He was not a social person, keeping to himself, but when one could crack past the layer of indifference, he was actually a person of many talents. And the one talent that Shane had noticed was his ability to adapt rapidly regardless of where he was deployed. It was for this reason that he had often sent this man to the wilder countries where their cultures differed from Fiore far too much for a normal soldier to get acclimated.
“Chess and Bravo are both out. I’ll take this up myself. There was this young one that just joined us recently, right?” Shane spoke up after being prompted by his subordinate. There was a sharp glint in his eye as he began to make up a plan of sorts, wondering if he could use this situation as a test. He wasn’t really worried that the situation would get out of hand since he would be handling it personally.
“The one the Director brought in? Temero,” Zekser replied after one short second of going through the information in his mind. Like the rest of Team Alpha, he was also required to know the ins and outs of the Rune Knights as clearly as the back of their hand. Information was what they specialized in, and it was also the only thing that Shane had tasked them with. If they couldn’t even have a full grasp of what was happening within their own organization, they would have failed.
“Yes. That boy. The Director trusts him, and while I trust the Director’s judgement, it still wouldn’t hurt to give the boy a test. Send for him. Tell him to meet me in the barracks. He’ll be going on this job with me. Tell him nothing. I will brief him later,” Shane instructed. The two men stood up from their chair at the same time, with Zekser nodding and then moving out of the room while Shane shook off his black uniform coat and hung it in his cupboard before moving towards the barracks.
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