Jon looked at the list for a long time before finally deciding which option to pick. He reached up and touched the option labeled SOLDIER.
In the blink of an eye, the holographic display disappeared, then a moment later, the darkness of the room was consumed by light.
He found himself sitting at a card table in the middle of a tent. Also sitting at the table were two male soldiers, both wearing desert fatigues. He looked down and saw that he was wearing the same. From outside, he could hear a helicopter taking off and a bunch of vehicles moving around. It looked like he really was a soldier.
The two other guys at the table were laughing and drinking beer. Jon listened in on their conversation.
"Yeah, but the worst pain you can get is from a broken leg. I know that from experience," the guy on the left said.
"You got your leg broken?" the guy on the right asked.
"What? No, a friend of mine did. But he howled like a banshee when it happened."
"Well, I've got something even more painful than that."
"What?" the left guy asked.
"A groin kick."
"Ouch. Yeah, that hurts."
"I guess you don't have to worry about that," the guy on the right said to Jon.
"Me? Why me?" Jon asked him.
"Well, because you're a woman," he said, as if it was obvious.
"I'm a what?"
