𝑹𝑬𝑬𝑫-𝑺𝑶𝑳𝑶𝑴𝑶𝑵.

⁍ || It was very solid! Well done on that.

⁍ || Heh, I know how that goes. It's the ol' 'hands got ahead of my brain' moment.

⁍ || He is genuinely so damn good in that role; he elevated the show even more.

I haven’t seen a Shion that 𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑙𝑦 retrofitted since my second tour in the 𝐒𝐀 republics. ” ⁍⁍⁍ Road to #𝐅𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐡𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐖𝐚𝐫 ⁍⁍⁍

members a 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 grin. ⠀ “ I know fellow 𝑣𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠 when I see them, ” he continued, his false optics switching between Mitch and Carol with acute interest. “ So, before we begin, which one of you drives that growling bullet absorber out there? ⁍

standing—a good ‘𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑐ℎ' always needs a healthy amount of pacing and pointing. ” The long-tenured 𝐅𝐈𝐀 agent, fully immersed within his genetic-based disguise, raised the neck of his freshly acquired Broseph and gave Panam’s clan-bonded family ⁍

under the 𝑺𝑪𝑶𝑹𝑪𝑯𝑰𝑵𝑮 Badlands sun. ⠀ “ I must say, it’s 𝑜𝑑𝑑𝑙𝑦 refreshing when a client plows through all of the tedious preamble 𝑓𝑜𝑟 you,” ‘Darius’ coyly acknowledged, offering the new arrivals a curt nod. “ But thank you, I believe I’ll remain ⁍

rigid posture and chin high, his demeanor reflecting both his past and his present like an 𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 Chameleon. ⠀ Thus far, there had been very 𝒇𝒆𝒘 hiccups in his performance, but more people brought more variables, and his options were slowly melting away ⁍

toward ‘𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓’ with the arts——they were simply targets for an unchecked 𝐂𝐄𝐎’s bottom line. ⠀ Or, in Solomon’s case, a once ‘𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡’ nation with a hardon for oaths and feeding its 𝑴ilitary 𝑰ndustrial 𝑪omplex. ‘Darius’ stood with a ⁍

of educational institutions with 𝑼𝑵𝑫𝑬𝑹𝑭𝑼𝑵𝑫𝑬𝑫 infrastructure and 𝑬𝑵𝑽𝑰𝑶𝑼𝑺 professors that peaked too early in life. ⠀And that truth was that talent and potential were no longer avenues for self-exploration or enlightening pathways ⁍

text on a dead tree or glimpses of swirling dust by a stained glass window. ⠀ Even as a young man, he quickly became wise to the ultimate - 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑓𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙 - truth of being an ‘𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡’ prodigy within the confines of ⁍

⠀ ⠀As a teenager, he could still remember those discolored and slot-weathered history shards as if he had just plugged them yesterday. Back then, fully hardcoded libraries possessed 𝒑𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒐𝒎 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒔 to neural circuits, recreating false memories of once enjoying ⁍

⠀The ‘𝑁𝑒𝑤 𝑉𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑛𝑎𝑚’ veterans had a saying: ‘In war, motivation and intention 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 shared a tent.’ ⁍⁍⁍ Road to #𝐅𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐡𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐖𝐚𝐫 ⁍⁍⁍

been fond of discussing...there's just 𝒕𝒐𝒐 much of it.