Drabble: Muted
Muted
(written for 1-million-words' Word of the Day: Obtuse. part of Slices.)
"You can't be that dumb, so you must be purposely being obtuse. I mean, Naval Intelligence, you can't be an idiot and get the job. They did promote you to captain, the army--"
"It's the Navy, Danny. And I'm a Lieutenant Commander."
"--won't let a grunt command top secret operations because he can hit a moving target. But I saw on TV a bum who happens to be a Math genius solving some super-complex Maths the military hidden in a video game. So, who knows? ..."
Steve sits back and wait. If he stays quiet, Danny'll get to the point faster.
(written for 1-million-words' Word of the Day: Obtuse. part of Slices.)
"You can't be that dumb, so you must be purposely being obtuse. I mean, Naval Intelligence, you can't be an idiot and get the job. They did promote you to captain, the army--"
"It's the Navy, Danny. And I'm a Lieutenant Commander."
"--won't let a grunt command top secret operations because he can hit a moving target. But I saw on TV a bum who happens to be a Math genius solving some super-complex Maths the military hidden in a video game. So, who knows? ..."
Steve sits back and wait. If he stays quiet, Danny'll get to the point faster.