Bill's group, which was tasked with taking down guard position 3 (although they did not know that was the name of it) consisted of Bill and seven of t...he hunters, all of them armed with their rifles and plenty of ammunition, two of them armed with the special "Raid-bombs" that they had devised and found so effective in quickly taking out people in enclosed places. John's group was tasked with taking down guard position 2 at exactly the same instant. His group also consisted of seven hunters in. They stopped in their tracks, and Ray just says “Ahh jeez Dillon—ur own fuckin b r o t h e r”? Dustin jumps straight up and looking at Ray and Clay, just says “Ya want some---it's lubed up” ? Ray and Clay both shake their heads back and forth, with Clay slapping his hand against his forehead. “Come on bro—we gotta jet”.About this same time, Johnny lets out a cry like a Banshee. Everyone looks over at him, just in time to see him volley 11 shots from his face to his belly. I SWEAR---it was 11. .. so while this body is only sixteen years old, my heart, mind, and soul are fifty-six,” I concluded.“That’s quite a story, but you didn’t have to go to the trouble. After listening to Anna and the others, I was willing to give you a try, even though you’re a little young!” Luisa said. It was her first words since she had accompanied me up to my suite. “Although it WAS a very imaginative story. And you told it well. Did you make it up all by yourself?”I had jumped to my feet, but stood rooted. The scene would cut from my smiling face to hers and show her raising her hand to wave as the explosives go off.The part I agonized over was what really happened, and if we should show what I remembered, or simply cut to collapse of the building and the cloud of debris and smoke that obscured my vision.In the long run, and after a long, painful discussion with Nancy’s parents, we decided that we needed to show it all. They knew how she died, but they wanted to see it, wanted to see what I saw.
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