Hey, it's not surprising. People have a hell of a time when a podium is involved — fifty million questions, all that uncertainty from the public, all that hostility in the midst of potential wartime. It's tiring. And that pressure of knowing your words are what unifies or divides a nation! Phew.

[HUGHES IS THAT EVEN HELPFUL TO COMPARE THIS TO

Yes, he thinks. Yes it is.]

Maes Hughes.

Formerly Lt. colonel, though I guess it's not exactly a surviving title in another universe. Let's imagine we're shaking hands.