"Nothing undermines faith, confidence, and discipline more than a clown with a bomb." And if that confused you, then you've already seen the point."
-The words of a general who preached the importance of unpredictability.
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[I don't like this plan,] Nepherage complained. [It should be us down there, attracting their attention in such a manner.]
[You know as well as I do that that wouldn't work,] Blazejudicator said. [The lot of us would probably lose our patience and try to attack by now. That or they would notice that we have terrible poker faces.]
[Hmmm.]
[They're about to make contact in a couple of seconds,] Razorstella reported to her fellow kaijin. [Look alive.]
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^Huh? Why are we stopping?^
^There's a stranger in our path.^
^A stranger? What are they doing that warrants our entire column stopping in its tracks?^
^They're...drinking tea.^
^What?^
