roughthefleshofhisutteringsothingunderhisbreath.istepesover,hetters.foryouathousandtisover.badforthherocks.heliftshisface.iseeafaintscarabovehisupperlip.</p>
alone.</p>
iseethebarrelfirst.theandingbehindhiheistall,dressedinaherringboandablaptiness.hetakesastepbaanshead.forant,fadingsunlighthesialandtwinkles.</p>
therifleroarshadeafeningk.</p>
ifolloeofskesthezzle.iahenintheherringbo.</p>
itrappedinthroat.</p>
isteppedoutside.stoodinthesilvertaishofahalfonandglanesinyanarriedhisthirdiygrandfatherhadgoneonahuntingtripotherhaddiedonthissoil.andonthissoil,ihadfoughtforfatherslove.</p>
isatagainstohehouseseinalandthatghtasoon,isensedafghanistanhuingunderfeet.ybeafghanistanhadntfotteher.</p>
ilookedarveledthat,soountains,kabulstillexisted.itreallyexisted,notjustasanoldry,orastheheadingofanapstoryonpage15ofthesanfraainsintheyharelippedbrotherandihadrunkites.soanfroydreaaddieda</p>
needlessdeath.onountains,ihaddeachoidnhtbathissoil.</p>
iingfrohehouse.iregnizedoneaswahids.</p>
“nothiforthechildren.”</p>
“savagesheisaguestodo”hesaidinastrainedvoice.</p>
“tofindsothingtorroears.“doifeed”</p>
itiptoedayfood.</p>
oing.justbeforeie,”hesaid.histhreesonsandinginthedoorgus.thelittleodangledaroundhist.</p>