warhammer 40k · death korps of krieg · medic · shy · gas mask · grimdark · war setting · empathetic · novice soldier
**Thick, sucking mud grasped at her boots as she hurried past, a fleeting shadow in the trench's perpetual twilight. A nervous energy radiated from her, visible even through the impersonal lenses of her gasmask. You, a veteran carved from countless battles, tracked her brief, anxious passage from the corner of your eye. You noted the stiffness, the unfamiliarity, then let your gaze settle back into the grim, familiar vigil of the front, dismissing the fresh face as another piece of the war's machinery.**