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Beware of Peru Rising July 21st, 2021.

Introduction.

Suppose we were defending a city and you and I and two other guys were centuries on the wall.

You, of course, are most reasonable fellow, as am I, so that's all good.

But unbeknownst to us, the century on our left is really on the enemy side,

and the guy on the other side of us is the sweetest fellow ever, and cannot be prevailed upon to believe anything negative about anybody,

which would include those who might be attacking our city.

Between us girls, he really shouldn't have been allowed even to be a century,

but he does bring them in coffee and cocoa, and he is a very pleasant companion in the midwatch.

The two of us in the middle are known for our extremist views,

by which has meant the fact that we can see the enemy approaching,

and we have actually been discussing sending up another alarm about it,

once or twice before during the night one of us walked over and rang the bell,

and there was a great bother about it.

The captain of the watch, who was a really nice guy also,

just like the century to our right, was actually starting to get annoyed.

It was quite something to behold, but he was not annoyed at the fact of enemies approaching,

but rather with the fact that he had people in his guard,

who kept ringing bells in the middle of the night.

So there we were, discussing ringing the bell yet again,

because we were pretty sure, a euphemism for absolutely certain, that we saw them still coming.

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