Comments on 'Of the Masculine Persuasion'As Adaime walked to return to her car, where Steve should have been waiting, he walked past her, not saying a word as he did.
She tried to turn quickly to catch him, but she felt sure he saw her anyway. "*What* is that boy thinking?" she whispered to herself as she saw him walking in the direction of Mr. Kirland.
"Good morning, Colonel!" said Steve in his cheeriest voice.
"Sergeant Cortan!" exclaimed Colonel Kirland, a large smile spreading across his leathery face. "I see you've come to help with the sand bags?"
"Sorry, but no sir, but I would like to talk to you about that. See, these sandbags aren't going to be working against a river. They're going to be working against a big wave of seawater." Steve pantomimed a wave crashing into and breaking down a wall.
"Ohh, I see, so these really would be useless to send down there, eh?"
"Yeah, I think the best thing _we_ could do is to escort the people at risk to safety."
"Mhm" Mr. Kirland turned to those filling sand bags. "Alright, people, that's enough!"2008-04-29T18:25:43Zhttp://ficlets.com/feed/story/21222Comment on Of the Masculine Persuasion<p>That’s really funny. The Colonel’s a sexist jerk. Very enjoyable series so far.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/21222?basename=594862008-04-29T18:25:43Zthebetweenspacehttp://ficlets.com/authors/thebetweenspaceComment on Of the Masculine Persuasion<p>Just like a man, men…yeah, those stupid ones with too much testosterone. Nice job with the guy putting a slightly different spin on it, just enough to allow the Colonel’s pride wiggle room so he can accept the correction.<br />LoA</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/21222?basename=410562008-02-14T20:02:45ZTHX 0477http://ficlets.com/authors/thx_0477