Hi
What am I supposed to do if my phone starts swelling?
Put it down and don’t touch it
I’m coming over
The last time Sebastian Moran braved Covent Garden in December was just after his first tour in Helmand. He’d been Christmas shopping with his mother.
What he remembered most clearly was the sheer noise of the place: music blaring from every shop crammed along the narrow streets, signs and window displays lit up and flashing, all of it underlaid by the din of the overwhelming crowd. There were too many people; too many loose coats and large bags. Too many places to conceal a weapon, or a bomb.
They didn’t get much shopping done that day.
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