…. he soon came to realize that no one was reading his cables, and he decided to stop wasting the effort.

The beauty of the park was sharply contrasted by the sight of a young teenage girl being questioned by two young men in uniform. Jay stumbled upon scenes such as these quite often, and he identified these men, who were likely only a few years older than the teenage girl, as being from the             militia. Jay supposed she was not adequately            , or had too much makeup on, and was being harassed for it.

From my book, Mission: Stand Down.

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