The Chiefs suggested moving an aircraft carrier into range along with its escort group. That seemed to be a conservative, yet bold statement and our p...ress relations people released the news to the public in due course.China mumbled on and off about the U.S. playing Dictator of the Sea, but quietly recalled the battle group far out to sea to avoid having a bunch of American manufacturing contracts delayed. Then the American ships returned to international waters and stopped provoking the. I let you in and pushed you away all at the same time.’ I opened my mouth to respond, but he continued. ‘That day that you came over?’ I nodded. ‘That would have been our two year anniversary.’ Eric finally made sense to me. I hoped that I made sense to him now. I rubbed my thumb over his. A comforting silence surrounded us. I had so many questions, but not the energy to ask them. Eric leaned across the table and softly rubbed his fingertip across my bottom lip. When he graced the part in. Jason smiled. He was good people.He turned back to the bar just as the centaur placed down a two-pint stein of Ale and a glass of Jack and coke, the two glasses looking comically different in size when placed side by side. He fished in his coat pocket and drew out his debit card which he booped against the proffered device, the contactless card quickly and simply making the necessary payment.Carefully, biting his lip and trying not to spill any he collected the two-pint stein in one hand and. "... Luke?" the sound of your own name snapping you back to reality."Hmm?" is all you could reply while looking back at Dr. Mulstein. His appearance just as boring as his office, and his voice to boot. Must be in his early 50's, hair mostly grey now but you can still see the specs of black in there from his more youthful days, small rectangular glasses down at the end of his rather generously proportioned nose, his face giving away years of frowning and looking gloomy, the edges of his mouth.