He woke up early for this. Usually he’s bleary eyed but now he’s wired. He keeps running over lists in his head of who to enlist with (London, New York, Paris, Chicago, ….), What he’s packing (Tools, Rope, Helmet ...), eventually he just starts listing departement. After weigh in he begins the long goodbye to his parents. In the midst of the family and hugging he almost forgets he’s going. They head to the induction site (in some grove). Michel takes his mum’s advice and tries to cement the good things in his memories. The sun on the horizon, the flowers in the field, the smell of car engines, the works. Once at the site they wait. It’s the hardest part so far. Michel looks around awkwardly tears drying on his face and then turns to look at his par-