“I joined the military because they offer positions in what I love doing and I'd heard that signals staff get the best postings, at least I thought so back then. It was suggested that I apply for a signals position with the Special Air Service, the SAS, and I got it. I had to accept that sometimes I would need to fight and sometimes I might have to kill.” He paused for a moment trying to think how to say the next part, the awkward part.
What saved him was Julie, she had always been impulsive, a bit like Tish, she spoke before Skip was ready. “So… I've seen you catch a fish and then hand it to the other's to kill, what does that mean?”
Once again Skip carefully considered his answer. “I've seen too many dead people. I've also seen animals killed in warfare. We live on a planet that is hel
