Since he always tended to need something from them, which they always gave him provided he test stuff for them.Today was no exception. He had just fou...d out that a secret underground race of mole people planning an invasion of the surface world and for some reason it was up to him and his super talking dog Dukey and not the military to save the day. He knew his sister's had a giant drilling machine that could get them to the underground kingdom and his sisters were happy to lend him it.Provided. "It got out of hand. Sorry, sir, it won't happen again." What have you got to say for yourself, Cadet Thistle?" Saunders snarled at me."No excuses, sir," I stated. "I am not at fault in this—I was obeying appropriate orders, sir." What, exactly, was appropriate about that goat screw, cadet?" Saunders thundered."Warriors have three functions in society, sir," I said, "We employ force on behalf of our people. We shield our people with our own bodies. I filled the second function because it. Nearer and closer drifted the small vulnerable speck, trailing the thin yet strong line which represented safety and security, connection to the bubble of life and warmth in this vast empty inimical place, yet hauntingly beautiful and serene, the round shape of the dim brown planet below banded with subtle shades of brown, grey, black- sterile and uninviting, yet soothing and placid with it's own tranquil aesthetic.The station loomed large, impossibly larger, growing like a building, an. She's gone; I can see it in her eyes."Kyra admonished, "You're imagining that. She doesn't even know what's going on with you. When we got to Charlestown, Jana asked if she came to visit you like she had planned and she said she hadn't because of the sudden engagement. She had originally planned to visit the first weekend you were home but Mark made plans for them and she couldn't make it to QAI. Then she decided that you must have just told Danielle a lie to get rid of her and she decided not.