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The rifle range at Fort Hood buzzed with energy. Bleachers brimmed with recruits, NCOs, and officers, all eager for the annual marksmanship competition. Shouts carried across the morning air, sharp as the crack of rifles. Then a ripple of laughter spread when a figure stepped out onto the firing line.

Naomi Brooks, mid-forties, coveralls smudged from the motor pool, carried a rifle that looked more suited for the scrap heap than a competition. Duct tape bound its stock, a hairline crack snaked along the barrel, and every step she took made the crowd’s smirks grow wider.

Her hands trembled as she set the weapon down. A sleeve slipped just enough to reveal a faded tattoo—some kind of serpent coil. Immediately the insults flew.
“Fake ink!”
“She can’t even hold that thing steady!”
Phones came up, screens glowing, ready to capture what everyone assumed would be a viral humiliation.

Naomi didn’t flinch. Her breathing came slow, measured—four in, four hold, four out—the rhythm of someone who’d learned to master panic. In the bleachers, an older officer leaned forward, his eyes narrowing at the subtle pattern.

Naomi raised her head, voice barely above a whisper.
“Just one shot.”

The range erupted in laughter.

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