Elisa returned the handshake and nodded. “Please, go ahead. I’m all ears.” She was trying her best to sound open and forward with him, a contrast to her earlier, standoffish responses to the others. “I’m not the type to shoot down ideas for the sake of it, so if you have something – anything – to say, then feel free to say it. And since we’re in an unfamiliar situation with unfamiliar people, right now I’m ready to take anything that’s on offer.”<br/><br/>“Hell, if there were more people that were willing to listen to advice rather then go with what they thought was right, then I’d likely be with my old unit still, and they’d still be around.  But that’s a long story.”<br/>