Sorrowthorn

I mean, the guy has a couple of super rich friends. Would they not be willing to help?

agreed, reminds me of princess bride lol

just thought to clarify (no need to edit the story author) For US military there are generally two rank paths. the first (called enlisted) are the sergeants. Officers have had schooling to get their ranks (enlisted can go to officer training). Both can get to high ranking positions tho technically the lowest officer rank is higher up than the enlisted (technically because as a fresh officer you want to still respect sergeants cause they have knowledge and connections) In many cases jobs are held by both enlisted and officers, the difference being officers are generally given leadership roles. for example a developmental engineer in the USAF can start as 2nd lt. officer and eventually may become a general (or at least a Col.) Originally he may be doing Engineering, but later on his assignments will focus more on managment.

Is anyone "normal"? Or are the "normal" people those with sheep mentality, or better actors than the rest of us? Also regarding size there are averages which differ based on geographical location (mostly due to heritage ethnicity AKA genes)

true lol...makes for great Juxtaposition and irony keep going!

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I dunno what the latest is, but hobbit may be a copywrighted/trademarked term. just a heads up that it may make author liable.