.."LA MATTINA SEGUENTECome ogni mattina mi alzo e mia madre e' gi? andata via, lasciandomipronto il bricco del latte e due cornetti alla marmellata su... tavolo.il tempo di fare colazione e una doccia e arrivo a scuola.Al solito il primo che incontro e' il mio amico Davide. e' piu' piccolodi me di un anno e ovviamente va nella classe prima della mia."Ehi Paolo!" Hola Amigo" Devo assolutamente farti vedere il nuovo sparatutto che mi hannoregalato ieri i miei genitori! E' stratosferico!" Magari. Anything, anything at all, I’ll do. This places me in a somewhat weakened negotiating position. I’m into theories. I like to translate the happenings of the world and of my life into logical wholes to understand the meaning behind the facts, the ‘why’ of the ‘what’. I often have insights, flashes of inspiration that reveal the mysterious workings of the world. Well, most of the time I have such insights it’s when I’m high. The next morning I can never remember what they were. But I’m pretty. Camilla and Hunter had taken us at our word, contacting the main Matriarch, Charlotte, and immediately taking action.The Demon rulers themselves were just about what I'd expected - attractive, powerful and aloof, spending most of our dinner asking about the current affairs in our world. I'd been eager to leave but had no chance to, pretending gratitude when they offered their hospitality for the night. It was with profound relief that Marcus and I left after breakfast the next morning,. I guess I was depressed about the entire situation. I was risking my life each day "for the folks back home." Then I would think that I was doing this to protect Mel and her fiancé. Damn!My world turned to shit a couple months after I took over the squad. We were taking a rest stop. We were in the middle of two other companies. The platoon leader called for a meeting of the NCOs in his group, the platoon sergeants and squad leaders. I started to walk back on the path we came in on, but I needed.