What is immoral is war itself. Once full-scale war has broken out it can never be humanized or civilized, and if one side attempted to do so it would be most likely to be defeated. That to me is the lesson of Dresden.

— Robert Saunby, Deputy Air Marshal, British Bomber Command
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I’m aiming at 20 pages per chapter, so that gives you an idea how far along this chapter is.  We’re speeding along this introductory portion as quickly as possible.  And yes, the chapter’s title is Early Retirement, although where Jacob has wound up does not look like a retirement village.

↓ Transcript
Father: Girii!
Girii: Hi, daddy.
Father: Who have you brought to visit? Ah. My name is Ugyuk, Mister...?
Jacob: Doe.
Father: Ah. Please put your gun away, Mister Doe. We know you don't want to use it. Let's go inside, swap stories by the fire. Girii, you go first. Tell the others how you met this Genocide Man.


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