Salute To The General

Chapter 2070



"May I ask if you are well acquainted with Nathan Cross?" Clifford asked.

"What is your interest in this?" Nathan inquired in kind.

"I understand that you have sought Nathan for his input on military strategy during the North Army's battle against the Xyperian army, and also presented him a gift recently. That made me curious about the nature of your relationship with him."

Nathan's answer was ambiguous. "I consider him a friend."

The term itself could mean a relationship of any indeterminate depth.

His counterpart furrowed, as that did not actually reveal anything of substance.

Nathan then countered with a question of his own. "I heard that your family and Nathan have their differences."

"Not differences, but a profound enmity," Clifford corrected.

"An eye for an eye makes the world go blind. If both parties are willing, may I suggest that I play peacemaker. Let bygones be bygones, and the two parties try to get along from here on. What would you say to that?"

now Chief Military Governor and Eurasia's

generally a mild man, Clifford tended to side with his relatives and was rather vindictive. In his role as Secretary of the Cab, he excelled at

intention in advising Clifford to let go of his vendetta was with the bigger picture in mind. He

giving the Daviers a way to

they would technically be saving

pity that that was not to

even the office of

his head.

because of him. The Daviers and my ex-wife's family, the Goldsteins,

of that man.

shall gladly oblige. It is just

Cross, I must ask that you do not interfere. Hold the middle ground and do not take sides. We will resolve this ourselves, one

you have your mind made up, Mr. Davier. I shall leave it

then that this was an agreement on the Chief Military Governor's

that Nathan was

and put our national interests first. But

then I shall

we know if you have come to a decision regarding the proposal for a marital union between