Unexpectedly he whistled then, loud and shrill, one long blast and twoshort, the sound somehow intimidating. Last night the T'swa had discovered what kind of raw material they'd beenpresented with, and after their initial surprise, had handled things withquiet, nicely-gauged force. The two men had seen himbeneath it as they'd passed, and had picked him up. He-he and the regimentand the cadets-had hurt them badly.
His alarm clocklooked reproachfully at him. Jerym, shaking with emotion but saying nothing, picked up his rifle andleft with the squad, all of it but Ese Ten minutes to Beregesh!By squads! First Platoon, stand and stretch! Behind him on the otheraisle, Varlik heard a similar command to the Second Platoon. They appealed to the romantic in him, and surely theywere more interested than anyone else in actually fighting.
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