[he hasn't heard that voice in...well, it had been months, hadn't it? But there was no mistaking that tenor, or the controlled deference it always carried.
Pellew's voice is as stern and abrupt as ever, still the officer taking command of the situation as he shouts back to the captain]
I hardly need to be told when I've had a shock, sir. [Inwardly, his thoughts were whirling madly, but none of that showed in his carefully composed features.] Report, Captain.
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[he hasn't heard that voice in...well, it had been months, hadn't it? But there was no mistaking that tenor, or the controlled deference it always carried.
Pellew's voice is as stern and abrupt as ever, still the officer taking command of the situation as he shouts back to the captain]
I hardly need to be told when I've had a shock, sir. [Inwardly, his thoughts were whirling madly, but none of that showed in his carefully composed features.] Report, Captain.