[X] Marie, of course, no longer provides that banter even when she is in the office. She has been icily distant towards you in particular, although not in general.
[X] Marie said she was waiting for an "appropriate time" to leave your apartment this morning after spending the night so that nobody would notice. And then called in "sick."
[X] 410mm turret face, 280mm sides, 250mm for the rear of the turret, 175mm turret roof. Barbettes will be 330mm at the upper barbettes, thinning to 240mm for the lower barbettes in the citadel. Conning tower armor will be 380mm.
-[X] I am not about to allow a dueling scandal erupt in this office. Do you want budget cuts to happen? That's what will happen if you go through with this silly duel.
--[X] Moving quickly, you swapped the live rounds in the guns for some soap rounds you kept on hand "just in case". It wouldn't do for your foreign affairs expert and scientist to kill each other.
-[X] "Right. I think I have a pair of dueling pistols in my office, and Severino should wake up soon enough, let's go outside and get things ready, shall we?"
[X] inquire into that Swiss company that has been kicking up quite the storm lately, Oerlikon. They have recently acquired the assets of the German SEMAG company, and have been on the vanguard of light cannon development.