[ frank had been picking up words here and there from the natives in passing, he has a good memory but they haven't exactly been given much down time. he thinks after this they should have the native mother of the two boys they delivered teach them some of the language, he doesn't mind cashing in a favor if it means they get to spend more time with their babiES.
as for the matter at hand, well. poe can definitely count on him to watch his back, but they don't know each other (at all really) and they need a solid way to try and get around brainwashing, if they can. what pops into his head first is an old marine trick, simple but it might work. kara had been able to get around some of kilgrave's orders and tell him things by phrasing alone, he thinks. if lil kevin isn't specific enough, something like this might escape his notice.
frank starts drafting something on his device, trying to bear in mind that poe isn't familiar with the marines or structure of the us military in general. that won't matter for something as simple as this. ]
in the corps we had a code if a man called on us and asked if it was safe if the coast was clear and if it was you said no, marine, stay put. if we were taking fire or dealing with enemy combatants but could get a message out we'd say yeah marine come over.
[ he doesn't know if it'll help, but at least poe will know his distress signal or use it to get frank's attention. he looks to the other man as he reads the words for understanding. ]
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as for the matter at hand, well. poe can definitely count on him to watch his back, but they don't know each other (at all really) and they need a solid way to try and get around brainwashing, if they can. what pops into his head first is an old marine trick, simple but it might work. kara had been able to get around some of kilgrave's orders and tell him things by phrasing alone, he thinks. if lil kevin isn't specific enough, something like this might escape his notice.
frank starts drafting something on his device, trying to bear in mind that poe isn't familiar with the marines or structure of the us military in general. that won't matter for something as simple as this. ]
in the corps we had a code
if a man called on us and asked if it was safe
if the coast was clear
and if it was you said no, marine, stay put.
if we were taking fire or dealing with enemy combatants but could get a message out
we'd say yeah marine come over.
[ he doesn't know if it'll help, but at least poe will know his distress signal or use it to get frank's attention. he looks to the other man as he reads the words for understanding. ]