Flashbacks in Veterans: When the War Never Ended

His eyes turned black like fear. I didn’t want to get too close. Every once in a while, he seemed startled to see me beside him, as if he weren’t sure who I was or what I meant to do to him. That night, he cried. He raged. He watched his friends die in his head all over again. I tried to bring him back, but I couldn’t. All I could do was wait for the episode to run its course.