Another pointless fight because of petty land squabbles. Another long night picking through the field, hoping that someone was still alive. Walking among the dying was an odd experience, but Shani was always hopeful. That’s what you had to be. Hope kept people going. Someone reached out to her but passed before she could even console them.
It was dreadfully gloomy, the chill settling in as the sun fled. The fog started to creep in. It would be the last sunset for a lot of these men. She was so lucky by comparison. How many more sunsets did she have in her? Shani crouched next to a man who didn’t appear to be bleeding or maimed. When she turned his head, she saw his puffy black face and caved in helmet and already knew he was dead.
If she could share the rest of her sunsets with all these men, she would.
She didn’t recognize the colors they wore, just knew that she had to help them. That’s what being a doctor was about. Shani didn’t worry herself with too much of the politics anyway. Right now that didn’t matter. She had to find someone to help first. It wasn’t like any of the other nurses were going to help her.