Sonya wasn't sure if it was the story or the sugar and caffiene making her grin like an idiot, but that didn't stop her. Milliways was the one place where she didn't have to keep a constant poker face.

"I can speak Japanese, but neither myself or my dad have had the chance to be stationed there." It was on her list of places to visit, but then they never did really give soldiers the chance to choose their own place of deployment-except in extreme cases. "Did spend about five months in France when I was eight. I remember my brother and I getting upset that we couldn't have wine with lunch."

Nevermind that the other students in the class were drinking watered down wine with the adults, the fact that they were still allowed meant it must've been something big-least to her eight year old self.