And could see well enough to aim. Fuck! Who am I kidding? I looked down at my shirt just as the school nurse stepped around the hall corner.“Here, y...u hooligans! Get!”They scattered.She looked me over, “Come with me, David.”I stumbled along behind her.“Nurse Atkins, one moment, if you please,” said Principal EdwardsShe didn’t please but she’d been Nurse long enough to recognize a command ... no matter how politely phrased. Damn all officers! “Yes sir.” It was all she could do to not salute .... .. I don't know," came the reply. "Once you go there, nobody ever sees you again 'til you graduate..."This somewhat cryptic response might have provided some food for speculation in Todd's mind but the issue was quickly dismissed when the bell rang for class and he promptly forgot about it thereafter. It wasn't until a week or so later that the subject of the special unit came up once again."Report to the Head Mistress's office, Mr. Halprin," the Dormitory supervisor said to Todd one afternoon.. Yet, the old woman seemed little affected by her words and continued speaking in her oddly lulling voice."Dearest child therein lays the fallacy of your words. We share this earth and, therefore, we share the responsibility to care for one another. Did no one teach you this lesson? We must be our brother's keeper, lest we fall into the hell of Cain. I simply seek assurance that you shall be safe upon the road you travel. Erik and I leave on the eve of the morrow and I thought that if our ways. Sorry, no filming that, either. Afterwards, I am down here in the office, and my schedule is pretty much whatever the secretaries and staff tell me I’m doing that day. Plus, whatever comes up I need to work on. It never seems to work out quite the way the schedule says it will.”Bob: (Pointing to my desk, where a large metal box with a big red button on it was sitting in the center.) “Is that the button to launch the missiles?” (Laughing!)Me: (Looking innocent.) “Push it and find out.”Bob:.