LoK Volunteer to put together a power point presentation, convincing the General to stay on as their client?

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"I know,General," Krystal said in her most sales-oriented tone, "why don't we review all of Team Star Fox' military successes in recent years? I think that, once you've seen what the team can accomplish with the technology at hand, you'll be suitably impressed with what we'd be able to provide you with steady funding, or even partial funding. I'll need to review things with Fox before we draft anything concrete, but I'm sure that we can come up with something mutually beneficial."

Krystal grinned enthusiastically- there was little she enjoyed more than math and problem-solving. She didn't often show that skill set off, but she had a good head for numbers. She might have been an accountant on her home planet, were it not for that whole blowing-up thing.

The General spoke in a slow drawl, " Y'know, I had a secretary once... in my youth of course, back when I was a colonel. She was Cerinian." He paused, letting that statement hang for a moment. "Long blue hair, much like yours. Longer, of course, but the same shade." He paused again, and his eyes took in her whole body, from her toes to the tips of her ears.

"Her name was Cecilia." He moved am step closer to her. "Nice girl. Great laugh." He looked directly into Krystal's eyes. "I remember how, on some nights, we would stay at the base late together. Sometimes because of work. Sometimes not." Krystal wasn't sure she liked where this was going.

The General continued talking, and stood right against her, his hands on Krystal's shoulders. "She knew I had feelings for her, of course. Hard to keep secrets from a telepath."

Krystal fought to keep her gaze steady. She wasn't sure why the General was opening up to her about her lost love like this, but she did feel like she should be dressed for it.

"You may find it hard to believe, but I was a handsome man back then. She thought I was cute, too." He looked down at Krystal's nude form again, his hands twitching a little at his sides. "I never saw her again after I was transferred away. And then..." His voice trailed off. "Well, I'm sure you know the rest."

He took a step back, and sat down on one of the changing benches. "You remind me of her. A lot. Enough, I'd say to give me a bit of peace, I'd say."

Krystal didn't need to be a telepath to know what the General wanted from her... but it helped.