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[quote=Mikey][color=#7b8973]"Uh, yeah, sorry."[/color] she whispered back, doing her best contrite face. [color=#7b8973]"Didn't mean to make light of the whole thing. Just, uh... yeah, sorry."[/color]

Mikey opened her mouth. Closed it. Almost said, "I'll tell you when you're older," then thought better of it. Looked to Archer and Tonka, her face a silent appeal for help. [/quote]
Tonka couldn't contain her laughter, stifling it with a hand to the mouth was all she could manage. She felt it, these people were gunna be just as fun as her family back in Ukraine. She truly had meant it as a light hearted joke, assuming her Russian accent might have played into Mikey thinking her statement a jab. Putting a reassuring hand on Mikey, looking over to the....very very interesting squad-mate they had. Nil. Her file was one of the more unique looking of the group, and based off the little interaction she was privy too, there definitely was a big story there that Tonka would try to wrestle from the woman later. [color=896ed1]"Think a really really gross place, where individuals abuse their captives in dehumanizing ways"[/color] Tonka wanted to say more, but the meeting quickly picked back up, before they were dismissed. Walking past Nil, she paused for a second [color=896ed1]"don't read to much into it, I think Mikey just wanted to ease the rooms tensions with a light hearted joke"[/color] winking at the woman before walking over to Myron.

[quote=Myron]The former Disabler then gave Tonka his full gaze, knowing that she and he shared similarities in past tactics and backstories. He then said to her and Oscar, "We three will need to go over what we know about that gold mine in Gansu, China, and what info we can collect on short notice; maybe after a meal or so."[/quote]
Hearing Myron talk a bit about his history with this place, and his life before trying to turn the "ship" so to speak, and his gaze at Tonka before addressing those who were also to be on the rescue mission, confirmed he also knew and felt a sort of kinship with her. She had heard about the group Myron previously called his, but because of their dismantling before Tonka was active, she thankfully never had to deal with them. Her "father" harped on and on about the wasted potential, it seemed like the Ex-KGB Director might have had more than one interaction with them, but she never cared much to ask about it. She wondered how much Myron might have been privy too, considering the choice to accept her might have required him to voice an opinion, and she felt thankful to not be the only one with a particularly storied past. 

She saluted to the CO, signaling she didn't have any qualms about being picked for this mission, even if she was new to the Task Force. This is what she had hoped they would be asking her to do, what in a lot of ways, she was born for. Letting Myron speak fully, he looked to the both of them for a confirmation [color=896ed1]"After the meal, I can reach out to a contact I have still within the SVR. If you're okay with it, I also can reach out to General Komar, I know the General had a couple of contacts within Chinese freedom fighter groups, I don't know how much they'll know but it couldn’t hurt to ask"[/color] she wasn't sure how many people they wanted to know the TFO was attempting a rescue mission behind enemy lines. Plus while she was certain General Komar was rock solid in his ability to prevent a leak, it was the contacts in China that worried her more. Her little birdy in the SVR lived and died on whether they were good enough to be Tonka's personal double agent, so there wasn't any worries about them potentially being a liability. She glanced up at the HUGE man who also would be going on the mission with them. Tonka had read his file, but the thought of a 7'3 tall human in comparison to her was comical. Plus the couple of Scotsmen that were at the UIL made for great drinking partners, even if they refused her Vodka every time. Despite the mans size, she felt confident that she and him could work well together, at the very least he'd probably always be visible in Bound by Shadow.