I think many of us had given up hope on the other two blocks ever agreeing. Africa had several civil wars in progress, and I think the other nations w...re getting heartily sick of their infighting. Many countries had even cut off aid to the affected areas. They believed it was being used to perpetuate the wars, not help solve them and the people who needed the aid never saw it. Some even speculated that if enough men were killed, the country would be populated mostly by women and the fighting. Jim opened the door and before we could even jump on him, he gave us the signal to stay and be quiet. So we did.Then he put something down on the floor where it was looking right into Jim and Cheryl's room. I think it was something that made pictures of what was going on; I'd seen Jim use it before when we went on rescue and recovery jobs, and later, he showed it on the TV, what we did. It was weird, 'cause the dogs in the pictures didn't have any smell. Jim said it was me, but I didn't see. "He leaned back in his chair and gave me a hard look. He was about fifty years old, salt-and-pepper hair in a military cut, overweight but not obese, all together, a dapper-looking man.Finally, he nodded and reached for the phone, asking for someone named Evelyn. Evelyn, I discovered worked in the administrative offices as a clerk. Tom told her my sad tale, instructed her to dig out my schedule and show me from class to class, whatever I needed to get by for the day.I liked Evelyn immediately.. "I still want to open up the option to you both, anyway." We appreciate it, Commander," Trent replied. "But, if it's all the same to you, I think Jayse and I will continue to call you 'Commander'. I guess not because we have to, but because we want to. It just seems like the right thing to call you — it fits." Yeah," Jayson finished. "And, we're not trying to keep you separate from us or anything. Trent and I have talked about it, and we do consider you part of our family. In some ways, you've.