[h2]Acting Sergeant Celeste Stichler[/h2]
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Things turned worse for wear. She had hoped to talk to Hunt about this in private later in the day. But it seemed he had walked over to her just as the Imp captain had begun to tell her his opinion. While it was reassuring that someone could see her how she saw herself, it was shattered by Hunts rebuttal. Celeste let out a quiet sigh, and looked at the Imp as Hunt spoke. Only hoping that he'd understand that this wasn't what she was going to do with his opinion. She was going to openly agree with everything he said and state how correct he was. Along with a few other comments.

However, she didn't do anything. She just stood there, looking almost sad. Letting Hunt order Glaive to place his restraints back on and take him back to the Coach House. And once Hunt lead her some distance away so the Imp couldn't hear them is when he spoke to her. That's when he said something that made her snap.

"[b]If Command didn't think you could handle being Sergeant if that time came, they wouldn't have made you Corporal.[/b]"

Celeste's demeanor changed. Visibly angry, she locked eyes with Hunt. "[b]That's just it isn't it?! Command didn't think! At all! I was just a damn Private in the beginning. I had no qualities that a Corporal would or should have. I didn't even have experience or training in commanding. I was just supposed to be fresh meat for the meat grinder. A grunt. I would have preferred that. But then this squad needed a Corporal. So without thinking, Command slapped a Corporal rank on me. Without even listening to me![/b]" Celeste took a moment to breathe "[b]I was forced into this role. I had been studying like crazy just to fulfill Corporal role I was forced into. But now I'm probably going to be become the Sergeant![/b]" She then began to quickly break down. "[b]I didn't want this..I don't understand why they picked me...[/b]" Celeste desperately held eye contact. Tears had already formed in her eyes and she was crying. The pitch in her voice had also changed. "[b]You should have been promoted...I should have stayed a Private...[/b]" But she couldn't hold eye contact any more. Her eyes quickly diverting to the ground, as she brought her hands up to rub her eyes. She tried to speak some more, but all that came out of her mouth was incoherent. Her legs slowly gave out, as she wanted to just sit and cry.