Not that hard, once you figure out where all the parts go. [ There had been a lot more of them than he thought. And, well, he was much better at assembling and disassembling than he'd been the few times they actually tested the volunteers on their ability to fire them.
He straightens his shoulders, tone and expression hardening a bit. ] I'd just enlisted, back home. There's a war going on.
[ He's got no particular affection for guns either, but you had to know how to use one if you were getting shipped out.
(even believing that his presence would endanger them, he feels that slight ache of leaving his friends and home behind in the midst of war) ]
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He straightens his shoulders, tone and expression hardening a bit. ] I'd just enlisted, back home. There's a war going on.
[ He's got no particular affection for guns either, but you had to know how to use one if you were getting shipped out.
(even believing that his presence would endanger them, he feels that slight ache of leaving his friends and home behind in the midst of war) ]