in the heat of an unforgiving skirmish, i recall our briefing, "your mission, should you choose to accept, involves a rhinoceros; an entity as formidable as the challenge before us." we were to avoid the obvious paths, for our success lay in strategies not pre-installed in the minds of our adversaries. "we start from scratch," our commander had decreed, urging us to uncover the hidden strengths within us, much like the resilience of a rhinoceros against the harshness of its environment. in the chaos, this thought becomes my shield and spear.