<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/3/38/1470795.jpg)</div><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><em>Junior Lieutenant Valentina Qunanbaiuly -  Sparrow</em></span><br/><br/>Time in the Red Army was an interesting thing. You were hustled and screamed at and pushed to get somewhere hours early… only to wait those many hours again. Training had been like that and, for some reason, Valentina had assumed the Front would be different. At least to liven up her current phase of “hurry up and wait” she got a bit of an inspirational speech on the ferry to the aerodome.<br/><br/>Captain Lobodeva seemed lively enough though based on the letters that were allowed (or able to) get to Valentina from her fiance Sergei, it was either because she hadn’t met the enemy or was brash and stupid. She really hoped it was the former.<br/><br/>Keeping her focus, Valentina merely barked the drilled response to Lobodeva’s speech and kept careful watch on her squadron-mates.