I’ve seen her, from fifty yards   
away, a gun in each hand, hit a target 
dead center with both bullets, while   
blindfolded.                           
     I know, I can’t believe it either,
but I was there and saw her do it      
thirty-one different times, and all of 
them under different circumstances.    
     She once told me that her sense of
direction was so acute, it was almost  
like she didn’t have one on.           
     One time, to prove it, she even   
asked me to spin her around a couple   
times while blindfolded, and she still 
hit the fucking things dead center.    
     Other people don’t believe me when
I tell them either, and this kind of   
pisses Beth off a little, because she  
knows that now, she’s gonna have to put
on a show.                             
*      What surprises people the most      
isn’t the blindfold, it’s how fast she 
can draw, and the fact that she fires  
both guns from the hip.                
     The first time I saw her do it, I 
simply couldn’t believe it either. She 
had her hands down by her side, and    
then, I swear to God, the guns magic-  
ally appeared just as she fired.       
     Even when I’ve replayed it later, 
I couldn’t see where they were coming  
from, and I know where she hides them. 
     When we go out on our patrols,    
even our daily ones, she always carries
two guns with her instead of just one. 
She even showed me how to shoot them.  
     “In case I need you to back me up 
some time, Captain.”                   
     I didn’t even argue with her, and 
I can shoot semi-ok, but nothing even  
close to what Beth can do.             



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