Sadly, that meant we left three hundred dead on the battlefield, and that battle left only Horace's tank still active of our partners. Horace is a nic... guy and a brave man, but he is only a Corporal for a reason. Without solid commands he will fail.Major Fabio suggested that Horace work with Erica and me. I got another promotion. I'm now a Gunnery Sergeant. Colonel Yarnway doesn't pay any attention to that and keeps trying to give me orders, but Fabio made it clear before he was evacuated that. It was super cool because my body and my spell-casting mind operated in synchronous and synergistic harmony, and I wondered if Curse was expanding it’s horizons.I started investing some of my money, just to keep my luck sweet. Everyone likes to feel useful, even the Divine. Trying to keep myself interested, (as I seriously suppose that boredom might be the rockiest shoal that lurks in hidden wait for the unwary immortal) I investigated and invested in cutting edge amazing futuristic technology,. Shots flowed freely and when a Priyanka Chopra song came up, everyone waslooked at Arjun and cheered him to do a solo. I took Arjun's hands and gotto the center. Two other girls joined us and we did our "thumkas" andmoves. God, he dances so gracefully and totally like a girl, I thoughtlooking at Arjun. I was officially jealous of him. After a point, onceeveryone was sufficiently drunk, the couples got together in the party andthe singles huddled together doing their thing. I saw Arjun with a. Approach them from the oblique on the other side. We'll do the same from this side. We don't want to get in each other's fire lanes. Take a two way and use the ear piece. Click twice when you're ready. If we're ready, I'll click twice. If not, I'll click once, then give you a double click when I am ready and you will respond with a double click. We will move in on a three click signal. Are there any questions?"Cody looked back at his interns and noticed the wide eyed stare of four of them..