Lamppost

"Tell me: What are you guarding, from what, and why?"

"Sir?"

"Not the text book answer. Your answer."

Jonah wasn't sure what Walkingstick wanted from him. "We're guarding an area of intersecting multiversal space—"

"I said, 'Not the text book answer.' You sound like a damn orientation video. This is a test. Pass it."

Jonah tried hard not to let his frustration show on his face. A soldier never disrespected their superiors. That was something his father had told him when he was still the man Jona...