It was starting to rain, it appeared, and Belasý was already making friends by punching Oscar and scowling with her face. [i]Well, Belasý surely is a people person[/i], Jean thought. If they started bickering this early, they would never stand together in a firefight or anywhere else. A year ago, Jean remembered, he had served with good friends and comrades. Now, he felt that they had a long road ahead.

"There's really no need for violence among friends, [i]Fräulein[/i]." Trying to sound encouraging, he said to Oscar "With that accent, my Spanish friend, perhaps you should stay spicing up your vocabulary with Spanish, just in case".