He's got a policy of transparency

Martin would later admit that it had been dark, and it had been raining during the day, and yes, yes, he really should have been more careful.  And they would say back to him that 'more careful' in that instance was somewhat of an understatement.  To that, Martin would only smile awkwardly, and shrug.  Not really knowing what to say to that, but feeling, more or less, like 'well, there's not much we can do about that now, is there?' suited the occasion most times.

 

They hadn't even been in the hire car long, and Martin was already irritating Douglas. It didn't even take much - they were all tense, but that was no excuse for the sheer amount of fidgeting and complete inability to sit still that the great captain was displaying. Which, Douglas had to admit, was odd. They were both pilots after all, and Martin both could and indeed had sat still enough to fly a plane, in his presence, plenty of times before.

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