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"Mom, what are you doing? I'm just...." River McIrish tried to hope this away as just a bad dream. "You're not serious. Tell me you're not serious."
Fiona smiled at her daughter. "I am serious. I've left my job as an Investigative Reporter. And I have now joined the military career. I've met with Erin Kennedy. She needed some help following the departure of Jack Bunch."
"This is absurd! You're too old to start a career like that. Mom...."
"I've never gotten to get my hands on tools and play around with fixing things. It's what I really want to do. I love writing. But...."
River was almost in tears. "And if something happens and there's a war..."
"Oh, honey, there's not going to be a war. I'm there to learn how to repair jets. Not to be fighter pilot. Besides, before I can do any of that, I have to start at the bottom. As a Latrine Cleaner."
"A Latrine...." River almost went pale. "That's toilets...urgh." She gagged a couple of times before shivering once. River was a neat freak and the thought of military toilets....
"River? You okay?"
River held her hand over her mouth, shook her head and went outside to get some air.