This chapter's epigraph comes from a line in the play's opening, "Please include me! Please include me!" . It's a reference to the fact that the narrator is trying to volunteer for the Army. He's been injured in battle, and he's not sure if he'll be able to make it back to the front. He begs to be included, but the staff sergeant won't let him in. The narrator says he doesn't know if the stubborn bastard will stay behind, but he does know that the mission is dangerous, and that he'd rather not be burdened with caring for a wounded soldier. The staff sergeant says that he knows how quickly he can recover from an injury, and the narrator says that's why he wants to come with them. But he still needs to come back with them, because they're "not kids any more" . He asks if there's anything he can do to get her back. He says that if he can't get her, maybe he should go over to her head and ask her if she's okay. She'd just limp away, and she'd get peppered with