<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote from: Captain Douglas</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"Your LT would be Warren then, yes?"  Douglas asked, crossing his arms and thinking again as she gave her answer, confirming for him the situation he believed it to be.  He thought some more and then let a certain grin come to face, one that might not be entirely comforting.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>“Yes, Sir. Private Sarah Tanaka at your service.” Though all too soon that would be sergeant—and she would be promoted ahead of a whole mess of people who, unlike her, actually knew what the fuck they were doing.<br/><br/>Sarah’s earlier dismay was gradually replaced with cautious optimism as the captain continued speaking. Granted, this all seemed sketchy as hell—maybe he was looking for sexual favors in exchange for protection? But she trusted a person who was out for himself a lot further than someone out for the Empire.<br/><br/>The real problem was that if Douglas frustrated the PD, that bitch might turn her attention back on Key. Then the most important reason Warren had wanted this promotion for would be null and void.<em>Fuck it—he’s in command, he can decide which of us he would rather risk.</em>Though given that Key was merely “misguided” to her “treasonous,” she feared Warren might stick to protecting Key by shooting all this down.<br/><br/>“It’s of interest,” Sarah agreed with a slight, wry smile. She could not help but be a little amused at herself. The medic knew he was trying to take advantage of her for his own ends and yet she still felt extremely grateful—that was how badly she wanted to escape the tender mercies of the Propaganda Department. “I can’t say for sure that Lieutenant Warren will go along—he might respect me as a medic but I don’t know that he likes me very much as a person. He’s no Imperial fanatic but my PES background does seem to offend him.<br/><br/>“As for my part, I’d just like to know what these ‘favors’ are. Though as long as they don’t conflict with my medical ethics or get me in trouble with PD or the loyalists... well, any port in a storm, Captain.”