A.J. thinks for a moment, considering his very few options...<br/><span style="font-style: italic">"Can't leave everybody back home, especially my folks, but they've probably received a letter and a folded flag by now, probably got memorial services planned already... Showing up anywhere in the states would get me charged with desertion, and they'd just send me back to the front line... Mark's offer may just be my only option right now, but that would mean giving up the only two things I know; Ohio and the military..." </span>A.J.'s focus goes to the sky, thoughts of his home on his parent's farm and his life in the nearby town of Axel run though his mind. A tear trickles down his cheek as he makes his decision...<br/><br/>"Alright, I'll give up the army life and take you on your offer," A.J.'s focus goes back to Mark with a serious stare "But that doesn't mean I'm hanging up my guns just yet, so to speak..."