I am a Director of Field Research, not a commander of war. I am only here as the representative because I made contact with Union in the past.
[no he has not fought in a war with them]
We were not about to broadcast it publicly across the land that these ten individuals were missing for many reasons. This was the only reasonable recourse, though you may feel it comes several days later. Had we been informed of the severity of these complaints, I would have mentioned it earlier. As it is, I received the vaguest of reports about 'something odd in the mountains and also elsewhere'.
Private
[Rory has to cough slightly at that.]
I am a Director of Field Research, not a commander of war. I am only here as the representative because I made contact with Union in the past.
[no he has not fought in a war with them]
We were not about to broadcast it publicly across the land that these ten individuals were missing for many reasons. This was the only reasonable recourse, though you may feel it comes several days later. Had we been informed of the severity of these complaints, I would have mentioned it earlier. As it is, I received the vaguest of reports about 'something odd in the mountains and also elsewhere'.