Winters stood up at the sight, took out a small knife, and pried off a rib along the seam of the bone to place it on the blond child's plate.
The kid, dressed in a blue naval officer's uniform, stood up and said politely in a child's voice, "Thank you, Your Excellency from the Army."
Watching these children, Winters thought of Benwei's brother, Xial, and thus he rolled up his sleeves and began to tear off pieces of meat from the roasted pig to distribute among the few children.
Each of these children dressed in naval uniforms was very polite, rising to give thanks every time Winters placed meat on their plates.
Although they were only eleven or twelve years old and hadn't even reached puberty, they belonged to the same military rank as Cage, as navy officer candidates, and Cage had been just their age when he first came aboard.