Now Chloe/Clare Winchclyffe ,Marks study partner,should have breezed through that
all important exam,but she'd devoted so much of her time helping Mark
study that she neglected her own studies.
So when the exam results came in Mark had gotten a 75,enough to get him
his rookie class vet certificate
but Chloe/Clara had got a 47.
The top student in the class had failed.
There were no retaking of the exam.
Chloe/Clare's career had come crashing down
before it had even begun.
So whilst Mark had gone off to some mundane but career building assignment for two years
Miss Winchclyffe was "Kaput"
However suddenly a civil war broke out in the wastes of the world,specifically Levantia,that
tiny but strategically important tinpot country somewheres
and the aircraft carrier CNF Wop May needed a veterinarian in a hurry.
So Miss Winchclyffe ,being the only has been vet student who wanted the job,got
the job of veterinarian aboard CNF Wop May and soon the aircraft carrier was steaming somewheres.
It just so happened that the Wop May was going to be passing by the town where Mark had his safe secure
job.
So Chloe/Clare phoned him up and unburdened her problems on him.