Disclaimer: see part one

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He’d done enough simulations, relived feelings of others, to recognise the signs of stress and anxiety.

The constant stain of looking over his shoulder and be prepared to run now taking it’s toll.

Though there was no permanent gunfire or combat gear around, he still found himself in the middle of a war.

A very real one and one he couldn’t afford to lose. A war with many parallels to any army officer’s reality. There were occasional bullets whizzing through the air, tactics, assumptions and lies… and there was the immanent fear of failure - which would end it all.