"Are you ready, Gabriel?" Roxanne asked me, as she continued to apply foundation on her face. I rolled my eyes at that.

"Roxanne, I was ready ten minutes ago, before you realize you weren't wearing make up..." I complained, my camera on my shoulder. Though I've been doing this job all my life, I never met someone so shallow as Roxanne "Besides, why are you wearing so much make up, when you're not even gonna be on camera?"

"The important thing is about the presentation!" she argued with me. I stared at her pencil skirt and high heels shoes, while I was wearing khaki shorts and some old T-shirt that I found without holes.

"Roxanne, these people don't care how you look..." I tried again, but I gave up when she didn't listen to me. I sighed and followed her where the people she was suppose to interview were waiting. It was a couple, a man and a woman, along with a dog big enough to be climbed by a toddler.

Both, man and woman, were wearing khaki shorts like mine and hiking shoes. The man was wearing some old purple T-shirt, as well as cap with green camouflage pattern. The woman was wearing two sleeveless tank top, one on top of the other, one light brown and the other one, light orange (though, both could have been light because of the sun exposure and the use). Her brown hair was braided and away from her face, showing off her forever-changing colored eyes.

"Hi! Roxanne Malone, channel The Blaze" she introduced herself. Both nodded in acknowledgement, which was something that Roxanne didn't like very much. Of course, she kept quiet, but she had a little frown in her forehead "I was wondering if I could make you some questions about your project here in the Cherokee reserve in Oklahoma"

"Isn't why we're here?" the woman mumbled under her breath. I'm not sure if Roxanne heard her, but the man and me did. I tried to keep my straight face while doing the countdown.

"3... 2... 1..." I gestured Roxanne to go. She was standing in front of the camera, with her microphone and a fake smile, while the couple was standing next to her.

"I'm Roxanne Malone, for The Blaze. Right now, I'm in the Cherokee Reserve in Oklahoma with General Frank Zhang, as well with entrepreneur Piper Grace, who have joined forces in one incredible and unique project that, if success, would be applied in army forces all over the world" Roxanne made the introduction, before turning to the General and Ms. Grace "Could you explain the idea behind this project?" she placed the microphone in front of them.

"Well, it all started one summer, when my youngest daughter decided to take a stroll around with our dog, Mountain" General Zhang started, petting the dog that was sitting next to him "Neither my daughter or Mountain were familiar with the landscape and, in a moment, they were lost. Mountain here-" The dog perked when he heard his name "Found the way back without any help. In the end, the idea belongs to my daughter, Samantha"

"Incredible" Roxanne commented, thought, it was brief "And, how was the association between you and Ms. Grace here?"

"Actually, is Mrs. Grace" Mrs. Grace corrected her, and it was obvious that Roxanne hated it "And, well... Frank and I are friends since we're fifteen years, along with my husband and his wife. Our kids grew together, so once Sammy told us her idea, I thought my roots were a great place to start"

"Could you explain that, please?"

"It's obvious that the Cherokee are consider low citizens, simply because they choose to live different. Same with the Amish, but I don't see people judging them openly about it. This is our chance to show people that their concept of the Cherokee is misguided and wrong" Mrs. Grace explained "And, since our project doesn't destroy the nature they preserve, they'd be thrill to help us"

"How are you planning on showing this project to the world?"

"Dogs have a sense of location that few humans can develop" General Zhang took from there "We can drop you in the middle of Time Square without a map and you'll find your way after the third or fourth lap. Since canines smell their surroundings, it's easier for them to locate themselves. This would be Mountain's first test, before trying in a new place"

"Why expand this project to the armies of the world?"

"At the end of the day, the soldiers or the organizations are made by people" Mrs. Grace said, stern "We can not agree in their believes or methods, claiming some are more extreme than others. But, at the end, the decision is taken by the governments. People don't declare war. People fight the war because the ones that caused it can't or won't fight it. We could have innocents in the middle and then? What's the use?"

"Piper is right" General Zhang supported her "I fight in the army because I believe that innocent can be save. I tried not to end  life, unless that I don't have another choice"

"My husband is- was an Air Force pilot who decided that war was too much sacrifice without little gain. This project could help us save enough lives so we don't turn into a country that supports massacre"

"Thanks for the information. I hope this project of you can be develop into what you expect" Roxanne thanked us.

I waited a few seconds after she said the last line, before cutting the recording. Roxanne gave General Zhang and Mrs. Grace a curt nod with her head and walked to me.

"That was a great interview-"

"That was kind of useless..." she interrupted me "Who cares about the war and stuff? I wanted juicy details that could land me in the show business section, but those two couldn't keep their mouth shut. 'We've been friends since fifteen with his wife and my husband'... Pah!"

God, this will be a long ride back home...

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