"Make it look a bit more appetising Tiny." Hmm, I keep that one in mind for the future."Every thing in place at the serving points, the troops came th...ough. Serving was progressing smoothly until one big mouth declared, "What's this shit?"Tiny had been supervising the serving, with a snarl he bailed up the miscreant."That man, step back and stand to attention. About face, you will stand to attention facing the wall until the rest of the troops have been served. The army provides food of better. I was surprised to see that the wimpy triplets were not at the table. I wondered if Frank was still hammering them about the Mason jar. I couldn’t imagine anyone that timid being placed in a high level security position.Usually those positions required a poker face, nerves of steel and a big pair of brass balls with extra gruff to go with it.We talked about the expanded agency contract with the new budget. Frank wanted to know if we were going to be up to the challenge and be able to handle it,. I suppose it might have been a bit too powerful for the meat but it was really good."Well, I'm just back. I guess I'll have to catch up with washing. Put some food in the cupboards, give the house a clean. It's amazing how dusty it gets just standing there." Yes, sure, but that's not what I meant" You meant how am I?" I'm like most blokes; not good at talking about myself, but I'm still tired from the trip. Maybe I have had too much to drink and for a man, I'm being uncharacteristically frank. His head came off and I dropped it and pried his dead hand off my wrist. I was covered in blood as I plunged the dagger into his heart.I put the head in a pillowcase and glanced around to see the two girls sitting up. I used the sheets to wipe the blood off and moved towards them, "get up."At the mage's long and wide chest I stopped and grinned. I knew about the chest from my master and moved a large crystal on the lid. The chest would hold the mages spell books and private herbs and extracts..