Presumably he'd been evacuated for the superior medical care availableback home, ashore. He loathed briefings, meetings, and all the rest of the modern world'sbureaucratic time-sinks. Still the mansion didn't go completely to waste as a very large number of junior officers tendedto come by quite regularly whenever Artemisia was in residence. Cruz had watched the squad go through its motions.
Still others wouldlast a day or two more. It's for your own good, their guide explained. No one but Carrera and Ruiz knew that Carrera had personallytranslated the first third or so of the book. He'd fit in so well withthese men, enjoyed their company and their comradeship so much, that he just knew he was going tobelong, and perhaps better than he'd ever belonged anywhere before.
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