Lion, Tiger, Bear | 417 the green light. Rules were bent, security was relaxed on wartime emergency grounds. It was a miracle of timing and logistics. Shocked, he replied: Ten months? Thats impossible.. .by my reckoning only six or seven weeks have passed, although.. .it was really hard to measure time underground. Underground? Simpson handed him a Chesterfield and lit it. Buddy-boy, its June 14th, 1943. Were advancing on New Georgia in the Solomons.The Aleutians have fallen, we now have Attu Island in hand. Admiral Yamamoto was shot down by P-38s over Bougainville. An instant tobacco high hit him and he smiled. Seriously? Yamamoto? Then were pretty much winning this war now… A Marine handed Simpson a roll. Pink toilet paper, sir. Very odd. Felt like it was alive or something. Bernie examined it. Lavender actually, with a Vesica Pisces symbol on the sheets. You know, lots of strange things were Cmon, pal. As they walked down the stairway, Simpson lowered his voice so no German could hear. Rommel and the Africa Corps are done for too. Be cautious with that intel, but yes, Id say were on the move upwards. He looked back. Jesus, what a first-rate ship! You four did a helluva job. I hope FDR kisses all of you on the lips. Wait till Botta and his crew lay eyes on this fancy tugboat, theyll pick it apart. He laughed. In Cairo you did tell me to steal something. I remember that! Ten months gone? Then… Confused and exhausted, Bernie inhaled the salt air, just glad to be alive as the low sun painted his bearded face. Ill figure that out later. Need privacy. Lets walk over there for a minute. Stepping gingerly around albatross chicks under a palm, he bent down and grabbed two handfuls of sand, letting the grains fall through his fingers as the chicks sped off. In privacy, he then went face to face. On behalf of everyone, thanks for the rush rescue job, I mean it as your friend. But you lied to me, Allan, why? On what? Antarctica for one. Schafer explained all about Byrd and the underground ruins and such. The Schwabens have an entire under-ice colony with The who? Look, I told you I …Swiss gold, atomic railway guns, Aldebaran spice traders, fucking Prescott Bush and his bullshit