“Another useless march in the freezing cold, why the fuck do they keep making us do this?”

I usually don’t swear out loud, not least to Bill, my roommate in the dormitory.

“It’s the third this month,” Bill replied in his usual matter-of-fact voice.

“Every time we’ve been sent out, it’s just been some stupid animal that got lost, injured or rutting another. Why they think ETV’s are out there is ...