Finally, Lisa Marie was designated as nanny, and the entire cadre was allowed on the trip. Marcie Orlov and Jamaal were aboard the ship, but on this e...cursion, they would not meet any Tuull.Learning some Confederacy languages was not as impractical as it might seem. Part of the education of the quartet and their Guard was intense exposure to different Earth languages. From parents and siblings they learned English, and from Lisa Marie they learned Spanish. To continue the process, Jubal and. All I’ll say about our time in Afghanistan and Iraq is that we kicked ass and had some fun. We even got a free trip to Israel, just before getting our Honorable Discharges.When we ETS’d out of the Army, Mac and I were sitting at the bus stop to the airport, when a Red River Private Security recruiter approached us. That was when I made the dumbest mistake of my life. I mean, I really should’ve listened to Mac, but I saw dollar signs when the asshole told me that I’d be making serious cash. Mac. Finishing my smoke, I turn around to come back inside when I look up and see Jill at the front door, only 20 feet away, staring at me open mouthed.“Jill!! Shit! Where did you come from?”“I just dropped in for a quick coffee. Are you….are you wearing…a nappy!?”“Fuck, Jill! Can you turn around so I can go and get dressed please?Instead, Jill just walks in and comes to the back door. I’m trying to cover myself with my hands.“Jill, please!”“Oh don’t be silly. And move your hands. I can see. I drink my drink. I like them rough, I want to taste the sharp, mind-numbing tang of the alcohol, feel the burn as it slides down my throat and into my belly. I prefer the dark liquors, the oak and smoke of whiskey, the exotic, desert wind taste of tequila. I’ve got three or four drinks in me by now and my buzz is starting to edge over into drunkenness. I feel looser now, less anxious about my surroundings. The feeling of being hemmed in by hundreds of warm bodies sometimes frightens me, makes.