FoxDragon
Influence is a big deal here in the Halos. It determines whether or not you get a job, get a house, even who your spouse will be, and how many children you might have. It's hard to think that every move you make is pushed by the surrounding feelings, even storms of the heart around you. Influence, persuasion, hustling - it has many names, but one purpose , akin to that of fate or destiny. I couldn't have dreamed that it would land me in Hell.
I wish there were someway to go home. I miss being wrapped in his strong arms, feeling his heart beating against mine. The smell of his cologne, his hair, the feel of skin against skin, and the sunlight kissing bare skin in the early morning . . . I am trapped on this strange vessel, in a foreign land with a cause. I fight - not only for my country, but for my love, who is sleeping without me.