"Beside your normal duties as laid out by BDU and my standing orders, you will conduct daily silent singing practice with the Port Watch," Balz said.
"Silent sinking, Herr Kaleun?"
"Singing, with a g, like tra la la."
Keller could not help but scratch his head. "How does one sing silently?"
"You do it in German." Balz smiled and spread his arms.
"Do what in German?"
"Sing like a Wagnerian opera hero, But silently and make sure no one is silent singing in Japanese. Only I do Japanese arias in German. Silent singing is very inspiring with the background thunder of depth charges. " Balz closed his eyes and swayed his head from side to side for about a minute. "that was my version of Tristan and . . .and...."
"Isolde?" Keller tried to be helpful.
"Aha, you've got it , me boy. You will do well on this submersible."
To be continued
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