[She drops the salute, and clicks her tongue. Hayate whines once at Armstrong, not happy that he'd only gotten one pat, and then trots back to Hawkeye's feet, sulking.]
No ma'am. Nothing's happened.
[Quick. How can she talk her way out of this one? The awkward atmosphere was almost palpable and she knew that if Armstrong picked up on the real reason why, all hell would break loose.]
I saw the flash of blue light while walking Black Hayate, and for a moment I thought the Colonel might have been brought to Mayfield...so I came to see what had happened.
[Come on, Armstrong--be smart enough to pick up on the unsaid words here. And maybe Ed can be not smart enough to pick up on those unsaid words. On top of everything else, this wasn't even technically a lie--she had thought, though just for a moment, that Mustang was here.]
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Date: 2011-09-02 04:54 am (UTC)No ma'am. Nothing's happened.
[Quick. How can she talk her way out of this one? The awkward atmosphere was almost palpable and she knew that if Armstrong picked up on the real reason why, all hell would break loose.]
I saw the flash of blue light while walking Black Hayate, and for a moment I thought the Colonel might have been brought to Mayfield...so I came to see what had happened.
[Come on, Armstrong--be smart enough to pick up on the unsaid words here.
And maybe Ed can be not smart enough to pick up on those unsaid words. On top of everything else, this wasn't even technically a lie--she had thought, though just for a moment, that Mustang was here.]