A weary soldier sits amidst the horrific remains of a village massacre, tending to a dying, badly burned child. He offers the boy water and a desperate, whispered plea to keep fighting for life despite the overwhelming agony and destruction surrounding them.
SOLDIER: It’s okay.
[He lifts the child’s head carefully]
SOLDIER: I know you want this to be over. I know it. I understand. But, you don’t give up. You hear me? As long as you can still grab a breath. You fight. You have to fight. What comes later, comes later. But for now you fight, and you don’t
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