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Your sleep is a dreamless one, and you wake up a few hours later when your mom knocks on the door, telling you that it's time to eat. After freshening up, you head to the kitchen where a simple meal of rice, chicken, and vegetables has been prepared for you. You take what you want as your mom does the same and the two of you take a seat at the table.

Your mom starts talking first, asking you about your military career, and you give her a few details about what you've done so far, naturally excluding any operation information. She nods in reply to your words, and you get the distinct impression that she knows that you're not telling her everything but is used to it already, thanks to her marriage to the Major.

After you're done talking about your job thus far, your mom looks at you expectantly, as if waiting for you to ask her anything on your mind. So you decide to…