The Sniper: Most Justified In Killing His Enemy

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The Sniper

The Sniper was the most justified in killing his enemy. Starting with the beginning the snipper face was looked like a student, and his eyes gleamed cold of a fanatic, they were thoughtful the eyes of a man who is used to killing people. The reason he is this way is because WWI was going on, so he lays on top of a building about to light a cigarette when a big BOOM! roared through the streets hitting the building where he lays, so he gets down as fast as he can because he knows this is a life or death situation and he hopes he doesn’t die, so he looks up to see where that shot came from.

Probably around five hundred yards away he sees a small dot so he grabs his rifle and looks through the scope and in the tiniest point

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