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the chain of command you have created a veryvery large public
relations problem, embarrassing the entire general staff, the
Bureau of War, andЧlast but not leastЧme personally.Ф

УYes, sir.Ф She could understand that. She could not, she thought,
have anticipated it, and now she was consumed by curiosity: what,
exactly,had Mandy Rocher said? They werenТt allowed access to
things likeWide Exposure except on weekends.

УYou are an embarrassment, Cadet Vatta,Ф the Commandant said.
УMany, many people want your hide tacked on the wall and your
head on a pike. The only reason I donТtЧФ His eyelid was up
another millimeter. УTheonly reason I donТt, is that I have observed
your progress through the Academy and you have so far been,
within the limits of your ability, an exemplary cadet. When I thought
youТd done it on purpose I was going to throw you to the wolves.
NowЧsince I suspect that you simply fell for a sob story and your
entire barracks knows you have a soft spot for underdogs and lost
lambsЧIТm simply going to take the hide off your back in strips and
see your resignation on my desk by 1500 hours this afternoon.Ф

УS-sir?Ф Resignation . . . did that mean what it sounded like? Was
he kicking her out? Just because sheТd tried to help Mandy?

Now the eyelid came all the way back up. УCadet Vatta, you
haveЧunwittingly, perhapsЧcreated a major mess with
implications that could damage the Service for years. Your ass is
grass, one way or the other. You could be charged, for instance,
with that string of articles beginning with 312.5ЧI see by your
expression that you have, belatedly, remembered them . . .Ф

She did indeed. Article 312.5 of the Military Legal Code: failure to
inform superior officer in a timely manner of potentially harmful
personnel situations. Article 312.6: failure to inform superior officer
in a timely manner of breaches of security involving sensitive
personnel. Article 312.7: failure to inform superior officer in a
timely manner of . . . rats, rats, and flying rats. She was majorly
doomed.

УI . . . wasnТt thinking, sir.Ф That was not an attempt at apology,
merely a statement of fact.

УFairly obvious. What did you think might happen?Ф

УI thought . . . MandyЧCadet RocherЧwas so upset that dayЧI
thought if he could see a chaplain and confess or whatever, heТd
settle down until the regular chaplain got back. He had those
exams coming up, and they were group-graded; if he didnТt do
well, his squad would suffer for it . . .Ф