Why? That's Just The Way It Is

Unending BE - episode 31058

Fortunately for Sharon, the junior officer giving the briefing (Sharon wasn't too hot on military insignia, but she thought he might be a captain) decided to answer her question rather than put her on a charge for her interruption. "We of the Greens," he said, "are fighting the Tans. I don't know why. That's just the way it is - in fact the way it has always been for as long as anyone can remember.

"Now, Sharon, you may be wondering why you've been conscripted into a front-line unit, seeing that you're a woman. According to the briefing notes I've been sent:

  1. "It's because our losses are so serious that we have no choice but to start conscripting women."
  2. "We're going to dress you as a civilian. Then you are to infiltrate behind enemy lines, seduce their general and then assassinate him.
  3. "Your unusual history, originally having been flesh and blood, means that you can do something for us that none of the rest of us can do."
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JH

Fri Jul 16 12:21:27 1999