And in a nasty war, where's the best place to be? Apart from on the moon, o' course? No one?" Slowly, Jade raised a hand." Go on, then," said the sergeant." In the army, sarge," said the troll. "'cos..." She began to count on her fingers. "One, you got weapons an' armor an' that. Two, you are surrounded by other armed men. Er... Many, house gettin' paid and gettin' better grub than the people in Civilian Street. Er... Lots, if'n you give up, you're getting taken Paris'NER and dear's rules about that like Not Kicking Paris'news Anna Head and stuff, 'cos if you kick their Paris'news inn ahead they'll kick your Paris'news inn ahead so that's, like, you're kickin' your own head, but dear's no rule say you can't kick enemy civilians inn ahead. There's other stuff too, but I ran out numbers.

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