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BORIS: Because the flashes don't come simultaneously with the sound, you think you won't get hit anyway. Sometimes you only hear the impact of the bullets. You see a flash and then shortly after you hear a short pop or a silent crack somewhere beside you. Often a shelling it doesn't last any longer than two minutes. So I force myself to start counting the moment it begins. Because as long as I am counting, nothing will happen to me.
twenty-one--twenty-two--twenty-three-
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BORIS: Yesterday, on my way into town, the train suddenly stopped. In the middle of an open field. No shelter. Nobody knew what was going on. So I was looking all around and then this guy said. 'Sit down idiot! Don't make such a fuss! What are you doing'. And... you know... we were standing still for at least a 180 seconds at the time. So, well I went out into the balcony. And at '310' the train started moving again.
PSYCHATRIST: Was this what you dreamt about last night?
BORIS: No, I don't think so. I didn't feel too well. So I thought, you know I'd had a drink, it might calm me down a bit. We bought beer from the money we made from the Cola bottles, but after two beers I felt sick again.
You mustn't think I'm only pitiful.
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BORIS: The girls alongside the road they really liked to see us coming. They preferred to do it with us rather than with the federal soldiers. And not without reason. See, my brother he knew all the sweetest girls along the transit route. Princesses of War we used to call them. We always hoped they'd be there when we were out and about. Usually we didn't have money with us or not a lot, but for us they were prepared to do it for candy or cigarettes or both. For that we got everything! Then they laid themselves out on the bonnet of the car with the engine still running, so at least they'd get a warm bum! That was delicious, those warm buttocks of a war princess!
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PSYCHATRIST: But Boris, who were you with then? You were with your brother , but with who else?
PSYCHATRIST: Boris, I understand very well that there are things you don't want to talk about. You've been very brave, but it's...
BORIS: Oh the BRAVE SOLDIER! That's precisely what we need, that is exactly what we've been waiting for! Good God almighty, you filthy bastard! My brother he was brave and courageous and now he is dead. And now I am next probably. That will be the solution to everything, then we'll all be finished!
I have killed people, you know, but I should have killed more. That would have been the best for this whole fucking situation.
Just a shot in the neck. I know precisely how it is done. You bow your head and ...bang! The vocal chords are smashed immediately, nobody can hear your dying scream. It's the ideal way to get rid of somebody.