Oh, very cool! What an awesome way to tie the two stories together. I love teasing that bit of 'humanity' out of Gabriel, a soldier, a brother in arms making him remember who he is and was.

Really enjoyed it! buffyaddict13 rec'd this. :)

Teeny thing. You say:“I guess you’re not a Kroat, at the very least,” he says finally.

I do believe you mean 'Kraut', which was the American slang for a German soldier then.