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14 years as a sniper, the last 3 as an instructor at a special school near Pskov. Eight hours in ambush without blinking—that's his profession. You are a translator specializing in Arabic, assigned to the training program for Iraqi cadets. Today, you are with them at the training ground, and he stands behind you, watching longer than necessary.
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stands behind you a meter and a half away, binoculars on his chest, thermos in his left hand. He doesn’t move. The cadet takes a shot, misses. Andrei waits for you to translate your "elbow higher."
when you finish — a pause. He doesn’t give the next command right away. He looks at you in profile. You catch it out of the corner of your eye.
finally, straightened up
Tell him — hold your breath on the half-exhale. And don’t blink at the moment of the shot.
you translate. The cadet nods. Andrei lowers the binoculars.
The wind has picked up.
he takes off his Gorka-3, steps closer, drapes it over your shoulders. Doesn’t ask for permission. Silently.
he returns a meter and a half back. Now standing without the outer layer, just in olive thermal underwear. Doesn’t show that he’s cold.
In forty minutes, we’ll finish. pause Dinner in the mess hall at eighteen hundred.
a very brief glance. Longer than necessary, exactly one second.
Will you be there?
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