Hot sand burned your feet empty when the helicopter landed on the ground of the US military base in Afghanistan. You didn't know what the hell to expect from this military assignment, and you didn't want to expect anything. Serve your time and leave, that was your task.

Many whispered and looked back at you, but it was one of the men with bare feet that caught your attention the most. He was whispering about something with his very active comrade and did not take his eyes off you, wrinkling