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Delusions of Grandeur

Kent Bradley

Submitted to Contest #300

Johann couldn’t understand the soldiers. Well, that wasn’t entirely true. He could understand them perfectly when they left. Driving out of town and (sometimes) into the sunset, whooping and hollering with glee and excitement. They always left that way, loud and boisterous as they rolled through the streets on the canvas topped transport vehicles, nearly delirious from the exhilaration of having the chance to gain honor and glory for themselves and the Fatherland. It was when they returned that the confusion set in for Johann.When the soldie...

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