“And you decided to trade the PRC for the Corps. Like almost everyone else here. Same question, though—why’d you go infantry?” Alex looks past Cressey at the table where Fuentes, Marin, and the other PRC kids are still eating like they won’t get another meal for the rest of the week. “Everyone in the garrison on Scorpio was infantry,” she replies. “Everything I knew about soldier stuff before I joined, I learned it from them. They are the bravest people I know. I want to do what they did. Stuff that matters.” Cressey nods slowly. “Looks like we’re both here for the same reasons,” she tells
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