Samuel at first blushed, but then composed himself. He shook her hand, and bowed. "I am honored with your presence." He then stopped talking until he saw that the pilot was occupied. "Is this long term, or just for one mission?" All of his ruthless cunning from the mission was gone, and he was left as a regular teenage boy. "Just...um...curious, is all." He dropped his flintlock, and jumped at the noise, before picking it up.
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