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Chapter 1
"Thatagain?Howcanadayhaveafirsttimeorasecondtime?"
"Justhopeyouneverfindout."
Murdochmadeashowofshrugging.Ritareturnedhergazetotheunluckymenonthefield.
Jacketjockeysdidn’thavemuchuseformuscle.Endurancewastheorderoftheday,notstamina-drainingburstpower.Tobuildtheirendurance,Rita’ssquadpracticedastandingtechniquefromkung-fuknownasmabu.Mabuconsistedofspreadingyourlegsasthoughyouwerestraddlingahorseandmaintainingthepositionforanextendedperiodoftime.Inadditiontostrengtheninglegmuscle,itwasanextremelyeffectivewaytoimprovebalance.
Ritawasn’tsurewhatbenefit,ifany,theisopush-upsweresupposedtohave.Itlookedmorelikepunishment,plainandsimple.TheJapanesesoldiers,packedtogetherlikesardinesinacan,remainedfrozeninthatoneposition.Forthem,thisprobablyrankedamongtheworstexperiencesoftheirlives.Evenso,Ritaenviedthemthissimplememory.Ritahadn’tsharedthatsortofthrowawayexperiencewithanyoneinalongtime.
Thestiflingwindtuggedatherrust-redhair.Herbangs,stilltoolongnomatterhowmanytimesshecutthem,madeherforeheaditch.
Thiswastheworldasitwasatthestartoftheloop.WhathappenedhereonlyRitawouldremember.ThesweatoftheJapanesesoldiers,thewhoopsandjeersoftheU.S.SpecialForces-itwouldallbegonewithoutatrace
