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"Do you think our battalion will win?"
"I don't know. Will we?"
"Do you think I can die in the war?"
"I don't know. Is it not your life?"
"Are you worried about my life now?"
"I am not sure. Should I be?"
Alexander let out a frustrated sigh, his gaze fell down at his son. He often wondered why his own blood was like this, who neither had any interest in war strategy, nor people around him. His only son Jordan was going to seventeen years old after two moon, his beginning to become a man. But he was always so inattentive about the things around him, except nature, which made his father slightly concerned.
"Commander Alexander!" someone knocked at the door thrice, the voice sounded restless.
"Come in," Alexander declared.
A middle-aged senior soldier Amro hurriedly paced into the hall room with his heavy boots. He looked like a storm had gone over him, his outfit was covered with dust and sweat.
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