William listened as The Lt. spoke his mind. He couldn't deny anything that Makoto said. It wasn't His fault as he was acting on the information he had. Though that didn't take much of the emotional Sting away from the incident. Particularly since he knew two of the people on board. Granted, the time spent with them was only measured in hours at best. There were moments on the way back when William thought he could smell Miss Grooms's Perfume inside Unit 1's cockpit. Once Makoto was finished with his speech, William looked down at the offered Firearm. He slowly reached out and and picked it up. By sheer muscle memory, his thumb hit the Mag release and dropped the full magazine onto his desk. William then racked the slide ejecting the round from the chamber. Once that was finished, William set the firearm back down on the desk, and leaned back and looked at Makoto.<br/><br/>"Her name was Lucille Washburn. She couldn't have been more than 10 years old..." William started. What he was about to tell Makoto was something that only two people on the entire base knew. The only other person that knows has disappeared into the wastes of the sand sea. "We just formed a week or so prior. I was leading the team in the Sandbox for the military's Favorite game, "Hide, and Seek". Our Sonar woman, Sgt. Allenby picked up something so we went to investigate. It turned out to be a Gallup land battleship, and it's Zaku escort. So, we set up an Ambush, and it worked. Though, what we expected wasn't what we received. Out of the Gallup comes this tiny little girl with blonde curls. Looks like that girl from...." William was snapping his fingers trying to summon the image and name. "Ah, A slightly older Shirley Temple. Well. What she was doing out there is beyond me. However, she wasn't afraid of us. Rather, she seemed tickled pink to see Federation Mobile suits. Said that the Gundam looked like "Knights" or something. Though her Nanny, Miss Grooms, didn't seem very thrilled." William continued to tell his tale.<br/><br/>"Well, when we finally get back to base. I get called into to Colonel Alexander's office. The Federation was going to return the Girl and her Nanny, but first, they were going to take a trip through Federation Intelligence." William bared his teeth a bit as what that statement implied for one innocent little girl and her Nanny. "Apparently, The Colonel had a wife and Daughter himself, key word there being "<em>had</em>". They were lost when the Zekes dropped the colony on Australia. So he asked me to do a personal favor. To Return the Girl and her caretaker back to the Zeons. I agreed." William paused to gauge Makoto's Reaction. William either no longer cared if any or everyone knew, or that he was exercising a lot of faith and trust into his newest subordinate. That information could have William sent immediately to the Firing squad as Alexander's accomplices.<br/><br/>"apparently, we run smack dab into the Zeon Assault that was sent to Rescue, Lucille, and Miss Grooms. That is when I first met the Zeon Commander for the Africa Theater, Colonel Muhammad Acar. He agreed to do a trade, and let us go afterwards. Well, That is the last time I'll trust that bastard. No sooner than the women were gone, and out of sight than he ordered his forces to attack us. Course he made sure his escape route was clear first. We barely got out of there with our skins, and Alexander was executed a week later for Treason against the Federation in aiding the enemy." William said as he leaned back in his chair.