Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology.
Then Jix locked eyes with him and said very calmly, "If you hit her, I will open my mouth wide enough to swallow you whole, force you through my bowels, then out my other end. " Avalon scowled at him. "You can't do that. " "Try me," Jix said. Avalon backed off, then angrily stormed away, and Jix winked at Jill. "One in five.