[grin] Thanks! About his accent... I used it cos I figured, in this universe, he was only 22, he'd grown up and been schooled in the working-class north and hadn't had a chance to develop the cultured voice. Heh, and something else I didn't touch on in the narrative... As I understand it, it wasn't general grunts that were sent to the Falklands, it was elite troops - commandos and Paras. I could easily see Sev joining up at 18 and being ambitious enough to work his way up. : ) I'll have to remember to make mention of that if I do a sequel.