10/03/2026 11:20

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I don't know. He's a third-generation American. I signed up, had my ten years and here I am. In a sense, all life on Earth is too, but it's a fighting dependence, a dog-eat-dog dependence.

I checked on that first thing. They would have rebuilt and reconstructed and made the effort again. Richard was quite different now, laughing, his reserve broken down. Maybe it felt a desire to stay alive and grow.