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Major Kafeero was the first to speak. “You aren’t seriously going to accede to his demands, are you?”
My father jumped in before I could say anything. “Of course not. Firstly, we have no guarantee that Mark and Brian will be released safely. Secondly, you give a madman that much money and he’ll buy every nasty weapon he can get his hands on. Thirdly, we came here to accomplish something and it’s not done yet. Brad was just playing to Zannu’s misguided impression that Americans are weak and soft.”
I nodded. “Damn straight. We are going to rescue Mark and Brian and in the process we’re going to take out Zannu and his followers permanently. While we’re at it, we’ll rescue those poor children he’s trying to brainwash as well. Who’s with me?”
After a loud cheer went up from those gathere
