Summary

Raymond's mother invites him to lunch and proceeds to outline a list of reasons why he should accompany her on her ambassadorial trip around Europe. Raymond quickly accepts, more for the opportunities for his column than to appease his mother, and she offers him a political favor in return. When Raymond asks her to promote his friend Marco, she asks if there's anything she should know about the man and is horrified to hear that he plans to bring about a court martial to investigate Raymond's Medal of Honor. Even with this information, she promises Raymond she’ll get his friend's promotion.

In Chapter 14, Marco meets with General Nils Jorgenson about his court martial and his promotion. Clearly under intense internal pain from what he has to say, the general explicitly states that he is only doing as he has been ordered, and offers Marco...