WII had just gotten off the phone with the doctors, and he looked upset. Peddles, his younger brother, asked "What did they say?" WII replied, "He really is."
"Well, what about our mom?" WII took a moment and said "They don't know for sure. Probably disappeared after... You know." "Well, let's keep it a secret anyway. The doctors don't know any of us, right?" WII responded "Luckily, no. We shouldn't let "dad" know."
"Alright. See ya, bro." "Bye man."
Peddles drives back to his house, thinking hard about the possible repercussions about if this should get out. I'll definitely need to keep quiet about this. His mind drifts towards what's happening with the war efforts, and if he'll need to go back. Will I need to go back to service in a couple weeks? I hope not. And I really hope my boys don't think about coming with me.
As peddles drives up to his driveway, he notices that his wife is sitting on the front porch, looking worriedly at a letter. Please don’t be. He walks towards her, looking equally worried. “What’s it about?” “You’re being called back.” She said sadly. “Have you told the boys?” Peddles responded. “No, but they’ve been seeing a lot about the war. They were really worried that you might get called back.” “I’ll go talk to them now.”
“Dad!” the brothers say. “Hey guys…” “Is that letter what we thought it was? Are you going back?” asks Spyjm. “Yes, I am. Boys, I’m really going to miss you…” “It’s okay! Me and Spy decided we’re going to enlist.” said Kogo. “No, you aren’t. I already have to worry about your mother. Don’t make me have to worry about you two as well. I’d lose myself if you died fighting!” “Dad, me and spy have talked it over. We’d be alright. Besides, what happened when you and uncle WII decided to enlist?” “That’s not fair, guys. We didn’t think about how we would feel if our kids tried to join. Imagine what you would think if your kids tried to join! This war has the most deaths of them all!” “And the Federation has only been around for a hundred years! The Federation hasn’t had many wars at all!” “No! I don’t want to think about you guys possibly dying every time we have battles! Now let’s not talk about it further, it’s really scary.” “Alright, we’ll talk about it later.”
