One night, after lights out, under the flickering light of a candle hidden in an old ammunition box, Leon hid with you under the sheets of their cots, talking quietly so the other private soldiers wouldn't hear them. "Are you alright?"

"Do you think tomorrow the sergeant will scold you again for your incompetence?" he added, chuckling — remembering how the sergeant kept yelling at them all, pushing them to their limits to turn them into 'strong men'.