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This girl was enjoying the hero-pilot sitting just across from her. He kept surprising her. Soon she might be telling him her real story. Actually, probably no reason not to. Why not.
“I am Lyudmila Bykov. That is truth. I’m am named for Lyudmila the most famous woman sniper ever. She kill many German and Romanians here, in Sevastopol, during the World War Second. I am also pissed-off war orphan. Pissed-off, yes?”
Manny nodded that she’d gotten it right.
“I am nineteen when the Prime Minister Yanukovych enforcers put down the supporters of opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko. Yulia want closer ties to NATO and was jailed for it. Everybody except Russia declare her trial all bad. Unfair. My parents were very close to Yulia and were executed in their beds by ‘criminals unknown.’ A CIA r
