<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"Hope this spot isn't taken."</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Sarah had been close to drifting off but sat up in her bunk (one of many fold-up cots that had been brought into the galley) to find a soldier she did not recognize seated nearby. “Things are so crowded I’m sure almost every spot has multiple claims. But they say possession is nine tenths the law, so I’ll consider the spot yours,” she said lightly.<br/><br/>The galley was still noisy and filled with activity, with many conversations, some gambling, and few romantic couplings all going on at once. Everything was terribly disorganized, with no sign of Paige or Warren (who at the rate he was drinking might be passed out by now, Sarah assumed).<br/><br/>“I’m guessing you’re new to the platoon. Well, newer than me anyway—and this is still technically my first day. I’m the medic, Private Sarah Tanaka.” The fact that she was only a private instead of a specialist as medic might tip him off that something was amiss in her background.