[He's quiet for a long moment. He knows what he thinks of it. But the original question was about the assessments, about the CDC. He's not sure his advice is going to line up with what the instructors are really looking for.
Not that that's ever stopped him before.]
There was a war, where I'm from, a few years ago. I was a— soldier, I guess you could say. Near the end of it. ["Soldier" isn't the right word, but he's skimming details here: the Blight, the darkspawn, the Wardens. What Gino seems to need is the heart of the story.] We got word of a siege that was going to be laid against a city nearby. Our commander took a small group out to provide support, and left the rest of us to defend our base.
[He hasn't talked about the Wardens in a long time. It feels like he's talking about someone else's life.]
Long story short: the siege was a distraction. The real target was our base. By the time the Commander realized what was going on, it was too late to save both. It was either abandon the city to its fate, or leave us to defend the keep on our own.
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Not that that's ever stopped him before.]
There was a war, where I'm from, a few years ago. I was a— soldier, I guess you could say. Near the end of it. ["Soldier" isn't the right word, but he's skimming details here: the Blight, the darkspawn, the Wardens. What Gino seems to need is the heart of the story.] We got word of a siege that was going to be laid against a city nearby. Our commander took a small group out to provide support, and left the rest of us to defend our base.
[He hasn't talked about the Wardens in a long time. It feels like he's talking about someone else's life.]
Long story short: the siege was a distraction. The real target was our base. By the time the Commander realized what was going on, it was too late to save both. It was either abandon the city to its fate, or leave us to defend the keep on our own.
[a beat]
Reinforcements didn't come.