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Vitri’s fingers search for the grip of the 9mm. He draws the pistol but he does not aim it. The scarf is over his nose and mouth. His eyes are forward, squinting into the grey dawn light. Five hundred yards ahead, atop a gradual slope, are buildings. Buildings just built. There is the faint echo of hammer and...