The next morning, when Joe Ga startled awake from his recliner, he found that it was almost dawn.
He had chatted with his younger brother until late the night before, which relaxed him quite a bit, and he fell asleep without realizing it after hanging up the phone.
Opening his eyes to find Nis and Antar preparing their equipment, Joe Ga looked at Nis somewhat sheepishly and said, "Did I fall asleep before my shift last night?"
Nis filled a magazine and slipped it into his waist pack before smiling at Joe Ga and saying, "You fell asleep at 2 AM. I took over at 1 AM, so you missed an hour and got one less hour of sleep."
Joe Ga knew his performance the previous day had been substandard, but as the boss, he couldn't always criticize himself, so he shifted the focus and, as he looked at Antar, who was arranging an AWM, he asked, "How are you finding that rifle? Are you used to it yet?"
