She maintained a soft smile while she nodded her understanding approval as to what made him tic. It was when he mentioned a garden that she thought of home. Yes, it sounded like a great thing.
"A garden," she replied in thought, "you would have loved Stuttgart in it prime. It's still a lush land in which to grow things but farmers suffered there after the government pulled the subsidies from them so as to finance their wars, first with Kusari and then Liberty. Not so much food now but blue jillies still do well." She sighed, "Only the most resilient farmers make it now with Synth Foods on the planet, an entity many despise of and besides, that paste stuff is so gross."
She smiled a bit brighter remembering her father's gardens. "Tomatoes, vegetables of all types and even an area for grapes. Rheinland wine isn't widely known but local growers do well. Yes, times were great."
She was enjoying her time know with Oreste and was warming up to him. It was at this point that the buzzer on her datapad went off. She sighed as she grabbed it, "Excuse me." Her face went long as she read the headline and her eyes welled up. "Oh God!" was all she could say when she read the headline.
Rheinland declares war on Kusari
She showed it to Oreste even if she knew there wouldn't be much sympathy from him. After all, he was living in a war himself. Maybe she just wanted comfort. As fate would have perfect timing, her drink arrived. She managed a weak smile, "Well...." She took a sip. "You were right about this. Very, very good."
Commander Sarah Coyle
Commanding Officer, [MFE]Med Force Two