“I saw soldiers dying next to me. Although they were not my brothers, I…” His hands began to tremble. “I still couldn’t save them…” 

I held his hands and looked at him worriedly. “Harry, stop!” 

“Don’t worry. I’m okay.” He put down his hands and started consoling me instead. Looking down, he said, “Just go wash your hands.” Seemingly calmer now, he stood up and walked to the side where the sink was.

He put his hands into the sink, which overflowed at once. The clear water instantly turned grey and brown, with traces of red spreading across the murky water. 

I didn’t know what Harry had experienced out there, but what we had seen and experienced today was something we would never have seen in Noah City.

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