The noisy restaurant gradually quieted down. Only the sound of the huge ventilation fan on the roof could be heard, rotating incessantly.
Fatty slowly sat down on the bench beside him, his mind already blank.
He knew war was cruel, and he also knew Hamilton had been imprisoned, with an unpleasant fate awaiting him. However, when the news arrived, he still could not accept it.
Brown and Schneider were gone, and now Hamilton too. Who would be next?
Fatty's body began trembling uncontrollably. He was terrified; he couldn't understand what this world, albeit bitter yet familiar, would become! That feeling of unfamiliarity, that helplessness, terrified him as much as death itself!
Some people are like a lamp, silently glowing beside you.
This person could be your parents, your children, your partner, friends, teachers; their existence constitutes your entire world.
