"You can't kill all the people," Grandpa repeated patiently. "It's against the law." WHAT?" God repeated, his voice getting slightly shrill."Look," Gr...ndpa Jones said in a placating voice, scooting forward in his chair, and leaning on God's desk. "I understand why you're upset. Really I do. I felt the same thing when my kids were teenagers."God slumped back in his chair, feeling slightly dazed, and admitted, "I'm not sure what we're talking about now. I thought we were talking about restarting. ’ ‘Yeah, I know what you mean,’ Matt said. ‘I’m not so sure he’d be happy if he found out.’ ‘I’m not sure he would be, either,’ Mary said. ‘Maybe…maybe we should wait until after my divorce from Tom is final, then…’ ‘Maybe that’s what we ought to do,’ Matt agreed. He smiled. ‘You know, when you mentioned your divorce, it made me think of something.’ ‘What’s that, my darling?’ Mary asked. ‘Well, after…after you’re divorced, we…we could get married, couldn’t we?’ he asked. ‘Oh, Matt, I don’t. ‘My mother died in child birth,’ he began. My father died when I was your age. The Army has been my family ever since. I have worn the sergeant stripes and lost them twice. Drinking and fighting. That is my problem. Drinking and fighting. But when we push back the invasion, there will be lots of promotions. I will be a sergeant again.’ The older soldier held his Iron Cross with his fingers, and said, ‘This is one thing they can’t take away from me no matter how much they try. Do you know what. Candace grabbed hold of the reigns as Andrew slumped over in his slumber. She draped a cover over him. The four days of being in the desert burned red on his face. ******** Andrew relaxed as his body inched into the hot spring. The day’s troubles melted off him like the ice on his beard. Steam floated off him and he watched the brilliant stars in the heavens. After a long day of hunting, they finally killed the giant luestan that had eluded them for weeks. Its thick hide would warm him for.