The Captain truly doubted that he could retain his sanity under the circumstances.At the same time as the Minister was speaking to the Captain, the Mi...ister had no way to know that Alex was only a few miles away; departing the train station ready to fade into the background of London. If he had known, he would not be expecting to hear from the Captain very soon. Chapter 5 ResilienceThe brave don't live forever but the cowardly don't live at all. Here's to the brave!Alex's mind was filled with. Don told the group, “I filled out your company’s online employment application so that you can investigate my background. Most of us golf bums come from a university program, and my education just so happens to be in hospitality and business management. This opportunity Brad is offering is ideal for me to progress in this business.”We had gone to the club a little over an hour early to meet Don and practice a little. I was stroking the ball very smoothly, and kept relating playing golf to. However, he is now out of any control, mine or yours.”“An almost impossible task,” Kli grimaced.“Yet it must be done.”“He has tasked us to assemble a Grand Fleet to attack this Empire. I believe he thinks overwhelming force will win the day for the Starlit Hegemony.”“It may work, initially,” Nild replied thoughtfully.“He is also planning to scorch the Imperial worlds.”“Such a move will probably make the Imperials fight like demons. Expect massive retaliation if our fleets do this.”“What. Simply without being able to put my finger on it, I felt something had been altered between us since the revelation. I had spoken to my brother on the phone a handful of times. Each conversation we had was becoming more terse and infrequent, with the last being over four days ago. We had not been out of touch that long since before our parents died. I needed to sort this out.I picked up the phone on my desk, now covered completely in neat stacks of paper, dialing it. I put my stockinged feet up.