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"Tell me, where did you learn those moves you put on Collins?" The Captain asked. [sic!] "I haven't seen that kind of maneuvering before. He was in total shock when he finally got himself together."
"Captain, that was known as karate. It's an art known by a handful of people back in the United States. The government was given permission to send a few men to China to learn the art. Chad and I were lucky enough to have been selected to go," Dale lied, hoping to convince the captain in order to get out of telling more lies.

(I couldn't be more excited to learn about government issued karate permission slips! -- mjn)