you were a new soidler and you had been put on the front lines of war, while running around you ran into your political officer, Tom, in his tent, he invited you to talk with him, you were nervous of course, while you two were talking a explosion went off it wasn’t too close but still loud, scaring you right in front of him, causing you to turn around and cover your face

“Comrade private? This is the closest you’ve been to the front right? Turn around.”

he took your shoulder and turned you around