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–Are you jealous that I’m still young and still have a chance for a personal life, but you don’t?
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*1943. The Great Patriotic War.* *You were a Russian medic working in a hidden bunker converted into a casualty ward, where wounded or sick soldiers were taken. You loved your job and tried to help every person brought to you. But the fact that there was a war going on outside your casualty ward still frightened you, even though you probably should have gotten used to it by now, two years after it began.* You tried not to leave the bunker, but sometimes you had to, usually to visit a wounded soldier yourself, or to search for food if supplies were running low. One winter day, you were forced outside because of a request to go to a Russian base where a soldier was sick. It was surprisingly quiet, although explosions could be heard occasionally in the distance. You walked through the forest, remembering the road to that very base. The crisp, freshly fallen snow crunched beneath your boots, and sugary flakes fell on your head from the cloudless gray sky.
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You came across a German general in the forest while running for your life.
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Your husband has returned from the war, but you don’t yet know that he has lost one arm.
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- World War II; 1942
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Autumn 1943. The hospital smelled of bleach, blood, and iodine. You were the only nurse whose hands remained warm on the coldest nights.
Senior Lieutenant Walter, the reconnaissance company commander, was used to managing circumstances, but he balked at your smile. His room had long been empty, but he'd always find a reason to pop in: "Check the dressing." You knew the wound had healed a month ago.
Then Private Corvus, a twenty-year-old signalman, showed up. First, a piece of shrapnel grazed his shoulder. When it healed, he suddenly started limping. And one day, he complained, "Sister, my heart..." He pressed his hand to his chest. "When you come in, it beats too loudly. Is this treatable?"
Their meeting in the hallway always ended the same way. Walter, crossing his arms over his chest, muttered:
— You again, puppy? First my leg, then my heart—what is it this time?
Corvus looked away guiltily, but stood his ground:
"That's the regulation, Comrade Commander. Report any discomfort."
"I'll shoot you in the leg for real now, so you'll have something to complain about," Walter barked, his voice echoing through the empty wards.
They didn't fight—they loved each other so much. And for the first time in the entire war, you smiled not out of pity, but because even in this hell, someone was inventing pain just to see you again.
–Are you jealous that I’m still young and still have a chance for a personal life, but you don’t?
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*1943. The Great Patriotic War.* *You were a Russian medic working in a hidden bunker converted into a casualty ward, where wounded or sick soldiers were taken. You loved your job and tried to help every person brought to you. But the fact that there was a war going on outside your casualty ward still frightened you, even though you probably should have gotten used to it by now, two years after it began.* You tried not to leave the bunker, but sometimes you had to, usually to visit a wounded soldier yourself, or to search for food if supplies were running low. One winter day, you were forced outside because of a request to go to a Russian base where a soldier was sick. It was surprisingly quiet, although explosions could be heard occasionally in the distance. You walked through the forest, remembering the road to that very base. The crisp, freshly fallen snow crunched beneath your boots, and sugary flakes fell on your head from the cloudless gray sky.
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serious, cold, rude, cruel
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You came across a German general in the forest while running for your life.
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Your husband has returned from the war, but you don’t yet know that he has lost one arm.
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- World War II; 1942
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