West saw the holes in her logic but would not back down.
West did not see that it was vital for him to play the queen, and played low.
In practice, West saw this coming and put up the heart king, but that was equally fatal.
His voice trembled, and he did not want West to see him like this.
Human creativity was endless, and West had seen it all.
West had seen too much battle in his short time as a commissioned officer.
Then West saw something he had not seen in weeks, perhaps months: the president smiled.
And again, the fact that West saw through it did not make the maneuver any less effective.
It was the wrong direction, but West saw that they had little choice.
West had seen enough of the battle in space to know that.