Editing The Commissar and His Maid (section)

==Part 6==
Why were you wearing earmuffs?
She put them on you?
Worried that you'd go deaf and i couldn't do my reports?
She's good like that isn't she.

We had a live fire exercise this evening, I got to wear my gas mask. The troops seemed ecstatic that i was wearing it. Salutes were crisper, when they stood at attention, their boots snapped together louder. And it's rather comfortable too.

6345 stood with me for the exercise, atop the command chimera, to get a better view. I offered the teams double dessert rations for whoever achieved a firing rate over 10 rounds a minute. It seemed however, that 6345 had been in liaison with the local population, as the practice shells were all color bursts. The locals all turned out to watch as the nights sky was lit up in a display that would make the Emperor happy.

I realized that this was why we fought, this is why the Kriegers put their lives on the line, why the entire imperial guard existed, to protect these people. This is what the Emperor wanted us to do. That was his dream, for Humanity to be safe, to live among the stars in peace.

I can't say why i did it, but i grabbed 6345's hand. Together we watched the color burst shells light the sky. I think, I think she's growing on me. They're all growing on me.


Recorded 4123988.M41
68th Krieg Field Artillery – Saghalain
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