He pressed the button, and the silver cover sprung open, revealing two elegant hands under the crystal face, each pointing to a diamond positioned at 6 and 5, respectively. Looking up into the blue sky, not a cloud was in sight, and the early birds in the shrubbery were warbling softly.
It was the 9th of Flower Moon, with good weather heralding the start of the day, making one feel as if it would be just like the lazy, mundane day before. However, this day was destined to be remembered by history, for some, a day of everlasting glory, and for others, a day of eternal infamy.
For Major Nona Golski, the commander of the 101st Experimental Heavy Armored Battalion, the entire day was filled with boredom—the boring mission, boring equipment, boring landscape, and boring enemy.
