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Food Hunting

Our injured selves fall asleep early that morning, into the afternoon we're still sleeping. We eventually wake up to the sound of people screaming and gun shots firing. Heidi's eyes are wide open at this point, mine follow. We see young ones, women, children and old people chained to each other by their hands and feet. They're being dragged along at gun point.

I'm not sure if it's the French army or ours, I can't possibly see. Me and Heidi stay dead silent, we aren't even breathing. Not even moving! Eventually when they are almost out of sight I speak, "Should we follow them?" "I don't think it's a good idea,"Heidi says out of concern for herself and me. "Listen! We can help them one by one. We don't have to save them after that, we just have to give them a second chance,"I whisper shout. She nods.