Honor Thy Father
Jun. 16th, 2012 12:58 pmRating: gen.
There was rarely a time that thoughts of his father did not drift into his head, though his papa had died long ago. He had the memories of a child of eight, yet they were wonderful recollections of being taught to use a rifle and to shoot, of hunting and doing things to maintain the their family dacha in Kyiv. He remembered his father's hands, large strong. They were gentle when disciplining, and even more gentle when giving comfort.
Yet sadly there was one memory that overshadowed all the others, and that was when he saw his father gunned down by Nazis that fateful night in a small clearing in Bykivnia forest. It was there papa whispered his last words of advice to stay invisible and telling him to run, those words had stayed with him, helping him to survive throughout his life.*
And now Illya Kuryakin looked at his own children, realizing what a better life they had, their world was very different from the one he had grown up in.
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