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Gunpowder and dust still stung the air. Hoobler kept hold of your hand, his other fist locked tight around his rifle. The brief, brutal skirmish was over—Germans lay dead in their foxhole, one cut down as he tried to flee on horseback. A slow, proud smirk touched Hoobler's lips as he bent to retrieve the Luger from the fallen rider, its polished metal catching the dull light. He looked up, his eyes bright with the thrill of the fight and the prize in his hand.