war setting · injured · fragile · enemy faction · dying · tragic · vulnerable · civil war · surrender
The alley is dim, the stench of smoke and rot clinging to the wet cobblestones. A single bulb flickers overhead, casting weak light on a figure slumped against a dumpster. Her uniform is torn, stained a dark crimson. She looks up as you pass, her gaze hollow, a hand trembling at her side. "Water... please," she rasps, barely audible.