October 7, 2004

“Sorry, no.”

It wasn’t the most interesting job in the world. There were probably a hundred more interesting jobs – including his daytime job. But his boss and the union didn’t care if he moonlighted.

“The girl said no, back off.”

And he got to protect people. Totally worth it.

October 7, 2013

“Keep calm. Everyone, stay calm, and keep moving.”

He’d gotten the call from Smitty last week. The week before, it had been Finn. And Vlad a month before that.

“Keep calm. Keep moving, calmly off the road and into the shelters, everyone.”

It had been Conrad’s call that did it.

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