The recruiters always tell you the good parts. The benefits, the opportunities. None of them had prepared him for that crushing feeling when you're given an order that makes you sick. When the ‘enemy’ is just a group of scared civilians whose faces will be etched into your mind forever.
Sorry guys, I meant to write something lighter, but this is the direction the prompt took me, even after several tries. I guess this is just what today's Zapfic was meant to be.
Anyhow, if you'd like to write a 50-word Zapfic too, all the details are over here.
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