While Pétain and Bruno were meeting in Zurich. Paris was wide open for the first operation of the Gallian Militia, which had been reforged under a new banner known as Réveil de France.
Soldiers of the National Restorative Government walked through the streets, in uniform, with rifles slung over their shoulders, as the moon was blotted out by the dark storm clouds that threatened to burst at any moment.
Yet the city's streetlights, or at least those that had been rebuilt on this particular strip of rode provided illumination for the two soldiers, mere sentries, as they smoked and walked through the streets.
"So, did you hear? New weapons will be flooded across the border within the next 72 hours… Apparently that old flamboyant prick actually managed to secure a deal with the Lion of Tyrol…"