Chapter 101
Regard your soldiers as your children,
And they will follow you into the deepest valleys.
Look on them as your own beloved sons,
And they will stand by you even unto death!
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—Sun Tzu, The Art of War
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PAREESA
The camel stared down through its ridiculously long eyelashes, its jaw moving back and forth as it chewed its cud.
"Good camel." Pareesa raised her hand to pat the camel's neck. "You're not going to throw me off again, are you?"
The camel nibbled on her fingers with its soft, leathery lips. Pareesa rubbed its muzzle.
"How about you and me make a deal," she spoke in a low, soothing voice. "Make me look good so they…" She tilted her head towards Papaya's son, Katuzili. "…stop treating me like a little girl, and when we're all finished, I'll take you and your bro
