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Belser said nothing, simply looked at him, seemingly without anger. If these young men were what their tests and interviews said they were,Voker did not doubt at all that they'd leave here the best fighting men theConfederation had ever produced. As the columnapproached, the cadets on the north side of the road opened fire on it withrockets. Half an hour later, he found where thebattalion had camped.

Let mespeak with him. They rolled into it, and the grade steepened. Theywould still be able to kill large numbers of non-warriors-those who had notchosen the Way of War-but they would hardly be able to destroy wholepopulations. The column had to keep moving, and once a man fell asleep,even on that cold wet ground, it was nearly impossible to wake him.