His body sank deep into the cushion, and the mental exhaustion seeped into his flesh, making each breath as heavy as a sigh.
Since assuming the role of Governor, Roland had faced his fair share of troubles, but none as thorny as the one he faced now.
Even after a full demonstration of the new rifle's capabilities, the Titans still responded with equivocations such as "we need to consider further" and "we cannot make hasty decisions at this time." It seemed that a significant amount of time would be required to implement even a small-scale trial deployment, let alone official adoption and outfitting, which was an even more remote prospect.
Beyond the evasiveness, the Titans who had witnessed the demonstration of the new breech-loading rifle also provided him with a quite formal feedback report.
