Fools but oh so brave fools they all were.The training was hard and whittled the numbers of recruits down but they all kept going because they all tho...ught they were immortal. The hubris of youth and what made them all magnificent.The reduced numbers of recruits finally reached the final goal of their hard training and passed in review and were finally the soldiers they wanted to be. They were harder and trained but they still didn’t know what the final lesson would teach them but it would come. ’ ‘I can’t believe this. I wanted to talk to you to ask for your help to change my life never expecting that you were a real person that I could actually date.’ ‘Well, I’ve been looking for someone to become my wife.’ ‘Wife? Are you proposing to me already? Isn’t that a bit premature?’ ‘Look,’ he looked at her, took her hand in his, and kissed her lightly on her lips. ‘I don’t know anything about you, but I don’t care. I’ve been married 3 times and screwed over every woman who has loved me.. “Come and see me at ten in the morning,” she said. She gave me a card and she called cabs for both of us. “Would you like to use my phone to call your wife?” she asked.I called home and the answering machine picked up. I left a short message, saying my trip had been cancelled, that I’d be home in an hour and gave her back her phone. The cabs showed up and I went home.When I got there, there was no one home and I made myself something to eat. It was difficult to concentrate, but I managed. I. ” said a corpulent, white-bearded man. “Now, please take your place”. He beckoned and Andrei went to stand beside him; he kept his flies buttoned, unlike the older man who crudely exposed his withered loins. “I have the numbers here” he continued, holding up a black velvet pouch. “Who will play God today?” he asked, looking around. Katya suppressed a start when his eyes lit on her and his face broke into a wide grin. “Our lovely guest?” he suggested, beckoning. Quickly collecting herself, she.