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“I lied about my age,” I told her, anticipating the question. “I was only seventeen when I was over there. I lied in order that they would accept me.”
At Aldershot, they weren’t teaching us how to fight, they were training us how to extend our lives for as long as possible. As if we were already dead, but if we learned to shoot straight…The barracks were filled with ghosts, Marian. Does that make sense?
— Oct 26, 2026 10:55PM
At Aldershot, they weren’t teaching us how to fight, they were training us how to extend our lives for as long as possible. As if we were already dead, but if we learned to shoot straight…The barracks were filled with ghosts, Marian. Does that make sense?
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