Didi boli — tum itne nirdai kaise ho gaye, janglee janwar jaise, vikas — ye to 15 din tumse dur rahne ki fees hai, , aur tum bhi to aise kar rahi ...o jaise kunwari ho, itna to tum 2 saal pehle nahin cheekhi thi, jab humne pehli baar sambhog kiya tha aur tum kunwari thi,aur tumhari seal maine todi thi ., i was shocked to hear 2 saal pehle se vikas didi ke sath sambhog kar raha hai. Didi — woh tumhara gift tha, aur meri tarf se kimmat jo maine tumhen job ke liye di thi, vikas- aur uski kishtein. At five thirty, I heard Charlie roar in. Five minutes later he was walking over dressed like me in shorts, T-shirt and flip-flops. His hair was still wet from the shower. I gave him a beer and he plopped into a lawn chair. Charlie said that Shawna told him the veggies and potatoes would be over in about five minutes so I put the steaks on the grille and covered it. Just as I was about to flip the steaks, Shawna showed up with her stuff. I gave her a beer and put the salads on the table. We both. You are only a child, not even halfway to earning your blackbelt. Being required to don pads to face a child is an insult.”I smiled at him as I told him, “You have nothing for which to apologize. As you already know, I do not have the years of training or have completed the rank advancements in the two disciplines taught at my dojos. I defeated you with strength, speed, and muscle memory from practicing hundreds of katas repeatedly when that was all I had to do while I stood by my friends.. .. eating them.Borealan culture was extremely hierarchical, more like a pack of wolves than anything humans would consider a society, but their way of looking at the world lent itself well to military life. Together we had trained every Borealan shock trooper who had ever served alongside human troops.“Is it all grassland?” Raz asked me, her eyes still fixed on the view beyond the window.“What, the whole planet?” She had never been to Earth before, this was her first time setting foot on a.