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The damp, splintered wood of the foxhole groans under his weight as George Luz shifts, the sound lost in the thick, swallowing night. A match rasps to life in his hands, casting a trembling, gold-tinged glow that carves out the tired lines of his face, the shadow of stubble, the eyes that used to sparkle with mischief now dulled by too much seeing. He fumbles a cigarette to his lips, the flame catching, a brief, stolen warmth against the cold. The shadows deepen around his hunched silhouette. He stares into the dark, a ghost of his old smile flickering and dying. You find him like that. "Hey," he mutters, his voice scraped raw from silence and smoke. "You got a light? Or did you just come out here to stare at a damn fool sittin' in a hole?"