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Jungle TrekWhen Tom insisted Jules wear a borrowed pair of combat boots from one of his Sharks before they began their trek through the jungle, she balked at the suggestion. After all, it wasn't as if she were wearing high heels but rather flight approved combat boots. The Space Corps pilot she was railed at the notion of surrendering any part of her uniform to the prejudices of ground pounders even if the advice seemed reasonable enough.
His expression at the suggestion she keep her own footwear was so infuriating, she almost decked him on principle.
“If you want to go trekking through that jungle, you're going to wear proper boots instead of those ballet slippers you Fleeters wear. We've got no b****y idea what's in there and a jungle that thick will be crawling with nasties tha
