DT 2022: Farm Party

For twelve years, Andra gave her life to fighting for the UNSC military and the whole of humanity. But in that time, she still could … probably count the number of times she attended a party on her two hands.
There was the one at the end of Delta Company training. Her first one since her fifth birthday.
Andra snuck into a few as part of her North American operations. She attended two gatherings at the Pax River cadet school. And that was … it?
Not even a full ten fingers. She thought better than to mention that but of course the ever-honest Merlin spoke up.
“We haven’t attended a party in probably seven years,” her partner admit without shame or a second thought. Andra tempered her annoyance but flashed an exaggerated eye roll in his direction that was impossible to miss.
The boy simply...