Though an open window I heard Karin’s excited voice speaking from their balcony, ‘Mummy, it’s a lovely day. The sun’s shining. We can go swimm...ng, can’t we?’ I didn’t hear Angie’s reply, but remembered I had received an invitation from Karin to join them in their swim. I had intended to spend the day following one of the tracks into the rain forest that seemed to head for the low hills at some distance from the hotel. I tossed up in my mind whether to keep to my plan, or accept Karin’s. I sat down, wondering why he was so upset and about what. I found out quickly enough when he came on the phone."Jon, we met both boats coming this way and lost a helicopter in the initial contact. We ended up sinking both of them and didn't recover any survivors. I know you warned us about missiles, but they had heat seekers and the first helicopter didn't have a chance before it was hit. I am sorry I was short with your wife, but I am very irritated at myself for not heeding your warnings. We. He kept talking about how safe he felt in the the storage box. He was young and strong, so he was probably safe enough.“Jamie do not mess around with the street people you run into out here. Just do minimal interactions with them. Some of them won’t hesitate to rob you. They will not be bothered one bit it they have to hurt you. Half of them are mental, and the other half are criminals. Just be very careful,” I insisted. Just before that speech, I had asked him to drop out of the program.“Ed,. After supplying my name and blah, blah, blah, I was directed to a courtyard to wait for assignment to my dorm and my interviews.It wasn’t hard to pick out the newbies like me, and the old hands. We were directed to stand in lines beside where the number for our grade was painted on the ground. As shorter people joined the line, they kept shuffling me down it. The reason being, so I was told by one officious little shit, was so the people behind could see.I just sighed and moved down as directed.