Chapter 30Two days later at headquarters I sat ata circular table with Rad, Carmen. Eric and Tony. Possibly I shouldalways call them by their ranks but we’ve fought together for solong I’m more familiar with their first names. It’s true you cannever become a friend to your soldiers but private, for-cash unitsare a bit more flexible.
The weather seemed to reflect theunfallen state of the Aristolans. A cool breeze blew across theland.The sun gave a cheerfulness to the day. The temperature wasmoderateand the humidity was low. You would walk all day without sweating,unlike my native Florida. The calm weather had everyone around thetable smiling. Well, the smiles could have come from my brilliantleadership but… I wasn’t going to lean too heavy on thattheory.
Six screens had been pasted to the
