Britannia: sovereignty among the stars

He enters his quarters, Blake follows suit. Dean straightens his uniform preparing to recline into his chair. As he settled comfortably he glares upwards studying officers body language,a curious reaction plasters his face

"Is something amiss,Commander?"

Blake shudders then seats himself nervously unsure if his posture was easily readable or if the captain has great intuition

"Oh, you,ve already figured me out, I see ,was that obvious?” Dean carried on.

"Is it the sourcery that troubles you? I concur the less we know the difficulty it is to make correct evaluations of the situation.

The officer tries to adjust himself but falters in addition to shuddering at the captain's question.

acts of displeasing a frown replaced his current expression. As silence filled the room for a tangible few seconds.

The captain broke the silence and finally began to speak, in a harsh brooding manner.

"How familiar are you with Magic Commander? Any insight to the arts of this abomination notion …- " the voice faded off

Blake cocked his away slowly, looking out of distance then eventually recentering to position himself towards the captain

"I-”

He paused briefly stuttering his words amiss his flow interpreted of what he was about to announce

"Suppose so… only a minority of knowledge on the subject, with what the academy taught us back in the day” . he finish , but spoke with clarity “what the academy reminds us of why magic is forbidden, humans used it less, therefore… magic became obsolete” a theory most plausible in the era of science. Continuing he murmured as thoughts dwell on his childhood.

“mother didn’t need to-”

Dean cut him off

“Excuse me?, what was that about my mother?”

He spoke up,

“No-nothing sir.. N-not your mother… my- its-its not important.”

Attempting to get Back on track he spoke once more.

-But I suppose… even now…. humanity still has not fully grasped the concept of what magic truly is."

Dean carried on

“I choose you, I know how you rationalize very effectively. Time and time again your wise actions have led me to believe this conclusion. The Commander lightens up slightly

“i’ve known you long enough that i feel i can trust you, for our crew, for the benefit of what's at stake here "

he sighed. The captain stood up, and beamed a smile of acceptance. His posture settled as accepted the officers recommendation

"You corrected my ill judgment and took the captain's wrath with great resilience , it's reasons like that as to why I enlisted you in the first place. Many of the cadets at the academy would have most likely lied or even outright disowned their own failures, I commend you." Blake, relieved of his nerves, restored his posture too.

“I’m honored you still chose me. Thank you captain, this ship, the crew and you mean anything to me, the success of colonization and a better future for mankind.”

The officer bowed leaving for the bridge.

Yet the captain's feeling still stirred within him there had to be a way to prove the vanity's powers.