"Upon receiving the alert of an enemy fleet sighting, our ship immediately set out to engage. The day was clear, with high waves."
The dictator's eyebrow raised on one side, sensing something amiss. The Personal Guard Captain paused his report, pondering whether he had misspoken or if his expression wasn't clear enough. After rewinding and reviewing his words several times, he could not find any error or deviation, leaving the puzzled Personal Guard Captain to stand by and wait for the dictator's instructions.
For Li Lin, the enemy intelligence briefing, forwarded from the Southern Ocean Jaburo Base, brought an "unexpected" surprise of dual significance — it was familiar yet out of place.