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Submitted to Contest #268
CW: This story contains depictions of violence, including descriptions of war, blood, and physical harm. It also explores themes of war trauma, guilt, and emotional distress.Killing was never easy. Maybe that didn't mean much, in the long run, but he still somehow felt a little better knowing the hesitation that trickled into the dark creases of his brain when the time came to pull the trigger was proof that he was still capable of some form of emotions, some kind of compassion that he had long since tried to leave behind. Not that anybody o...
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