That left him with nearly sixty kids who were good enough to be in the army. Bean was ranking them in order of value when he realized that he was about to make another mistake. Quite a few of these kids were in the group of launchies and soldiers that practiced with Wiggin during free time. Wiggin would know these kids best, and naturally he’d look to them to be his toon leaders. The core of his army. The trouble was, while a couple of them would do fine as toon leaders, relying on that group would mean passing over several who weren’t part of that group. Including Bean. So he doesn’t choose
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