1. Under the burning African sun
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2. Cochin-China, Madagascar
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3. A mighty phalanx
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4. Hoisted up our banners
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5. Its motto, "Honor and Valor"
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6. Makes for brave soldiers
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7. Its flag, that of France
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8. Is a sign of glory
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9. Hello, Djibouti?
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10. Marseilles, late February.
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11. I have time to kill now.
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12. I screwed up from a certain point of view.
Viewpoints count.
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13. Angles of attack.
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14. My story is simple –
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15. the story of a man
who left France for too long...
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16. a soldier
who left the army as a sergeant.
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17. Chief Master Sergeant Galoup.
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18. That's me.
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19. Unfit for life.
Unfit for civil life.
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20. Did you fish a lot in Sicily?
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21. With my father, when I was a kid.
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22. I fished with my Uncle Livio.
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23. He moved to Turin. He taught me.
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24. Careful.
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25. You used bread as bait?
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26. It's better than cheese.
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27. That depends.
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28. One day, a plane from France
dropped off some new guys.
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29. I noticed one of them who stuck out.
He was thin.
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30. Distant.
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31. He had no reason
to be with us in the Legion.
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32. That's what I thought.
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33. I felt something vague and menacing
take hold of me.
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34. Gilles Sentain was his name...
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35. the name he gave to the Legion
when he signed up.
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36. Maybe freedom begins with remorse.
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37. Maybe freedom begins with remorse.
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38. I heard that somewhere.
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39. My muscles are rusty.
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40. I'm rusty, eaten away by acid.
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41. Under the burning African sun
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42. Cochin-China, Madagascar
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43. A mighty phalanx
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44. Hoisted up our banners
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45. Its motto, "Honor and Valor"...
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46. What counts above all
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47. Is discipline in the Legion
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48. Loving one's superior, obeying him
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49. That's the essence of our tradition
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50. Training, guard duty,
washing, ironing, time off.
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51. The routine.
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52. How many stripes are there?
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53. One, two, three, four...
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54. - Are there 13 of them?
- Yes.
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55. Good. We always sit on mats
with 13 stripes.
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56. We're attached to the custom.
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57. It's a tradition.
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58. How much are you selling it for?
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59. 10,000.
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60. Good price. Not long ago,
they cost between 14,000 and 16,000.
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61. Mine is 10,000.
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62. Prices went up during the celebration.
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63. It's so cheap.
What did you pay for it?
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64. I made it myself.
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65. Bruno.
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66. Bruno Forestier.
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67. I feel so alone
when I think of my superior.
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68. I respected him a lot. I liked him.
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69. My commandant.
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70. A rumor dogged him
after the Algerian war.
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71. He never confided in me.
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72. He said he was a man without ideals,
a soldier without ambition.
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73. I admired him without knowing why.
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74. He knew I was a perfect legionnaire...
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75. and he didn't give a damn.
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76. Bruno.
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77. Bruno Forestier.
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78. And there was Ali.
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79. Ali bought him his qat.
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80. Night after night,
Forestier chewed on it, alone...
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81. with Ali or someone else,
or at a friend's house.
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82. I never touched those leaves.
I liked to stay on edge.
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83. Forestier, Sentain.
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84. And me, Galoup.
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85. Only one of us
managed to stay in the family,
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86. in the 13th Section, in the Legion.
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87. There was something
so strange that night...
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88. a sort of harbinger of things to come...
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89. of the circumstances that sent me
far from the Red Sea and Djibouti.
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90. Sentain walked ahead of the others.
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91. Ramadan had just begun.
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92. The arcades were all lit up.
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93. My bastards are good kids.
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94. They're your only family.
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95. You're a father
looking out for your sons.
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96. Could be.
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97. Guess how much a colored girl costs here.
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98. You're a pain, Ali.
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99. What are you thinking?
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100. If it weren't for fornication and blood,
we wouldn't be here.
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101. That's all.
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102. In triumph,
they carried one of their own.
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103. One of their own.
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104. We're taught elegance
in and under our uniforms.
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105. Perfect creases are part of this elegance.
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106. Good, Cosse.
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107. Here I am, Commandant.
Like a watchdog.
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108. Looking after your flock.
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109. - Tank top?
- Yes.
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110. What's this?
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111. Shirt.
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112. That's right.
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113. - Boxers?
- Underwear.
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114. - Shirt...
- Right.
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115. Good.
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116. Socks.
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117. I can speak French.
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118. Why did you join the Legion?
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119. Commandant,
you know what it's like in Russia.
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120. No money, no work.
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121. I was in the army there for two years.
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122. I fought for Russia.
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123. But it's impossible
to fight just for an ideal.
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124. An ideal that keeps changing.
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125. You know what I mean?
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126. What ideal?
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127. How much?
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128. 1,000?
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129. I'm rambling... ruminating.
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130. Begging for a word...
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131. a gesture.
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132. My beautiful...
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133. Rahel.
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134. Sentain seduced everyone.
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135. He attracted stares.
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136. People were drawn to his calmness,
his openness.
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137. Deep down, I felt a sort of rancor,
a rage brimming.
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138. I was jealous.
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139. He doesn't like you.
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140. Beware.
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141. Where's the baklava?
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142. You should have lit them first!
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143. We just want to eat it.
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144. Blow them out!
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145. Thanks, guys. So I'm 18 now.
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146. First we just heard a deafening noise.
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147. A helicopter was practicing
emergency maneuvers above the sea.
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148. For a reason
still unknown to the experts...
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149. it plunged headfirst into the sea.
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150. It was then that Sentain's heroism
came to the fore.
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151. One person died.
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152. Pierre, the Corsican.
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153. That day, something overpowering
took hold of my heart.
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154. I thought about the end –
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155. the end of me...
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156. the end of Forestier.
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157. Sentain, step forward.
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158. Yes, sir!
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159. Congratulations. You did your duty.
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160. You acted with bravery,
selflessness and resolve.
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161. I'm proud of you,
as is the entire Legion.
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162. - Back in line.
- Yes, sir!
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163. Get in position!
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164. Down, up, down, up...
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165. Midway, up, midway, up...
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166. Javanese Defense.
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167. Well, then...
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168. Going out of your way
to make me squirm.
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169. But I'll pull through.
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170. How about this?
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171. The game is starting to interest me.
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172. I'm going to...
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173. Just you try.
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174. I told him
to be careful about Sentain.
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175. He answered,
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176. "You put too much faith in appearances."
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177. "No, Commandant.
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178. He has something up his sleeve.
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179. Don't say I didn't warn you."
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180. Careful what you're saying.
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181. Backstabbing
isn't in the Legion's honor code.
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182. Can I help you?
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183. A Swiss newspaper.
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184. In French.
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185. From Geneva.
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186. I don't want one that no one reads...
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187. Feeling blue, Galoup?
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188. I'm fine.
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189. You're a rock,
the epitome of the Legion.
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190. Yeah, right!
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191. Keep Sentain away from Forestier.
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192. Go far from Djibouti with the guys.
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193. Set up camp.
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194. Say we're going to repair a road.
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195. Move it on through.
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196. Now all that is no more.
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197. Those mountains and deserts
are just things,
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198. information stocked in my memory.
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199. Now that I'm traveling this road
through the past...
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200. I'm sorry I was that man,
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201. that narrow-minded legionnaire.
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202. What did I see of wild camels,
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203. of shepherds
appearing from nowhere?
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204. Women in bright colors
in fields of stone, all those images.
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205. It was an arid plateau
overlooking the sea,
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206. lined with the remains
of workers' barracks.
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207. We set up camp
in this desolate terrain.
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208. The three volcanoes.
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209. Like sentinels.
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210. Legionnaires!
On my order...
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211. dig!
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212. You're a bottomless pit!
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213. Get lost.
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214. Shut up, faggot.
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215. I have to eat. I have to.
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216. Shut up and eat.
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217. You're a real comrade.
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218. Sentain,
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219. you're in such good shape,
you can clean the lavatory.
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220. Ramadan began for three of my men.
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221. They sat to the side as we ate.
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222. Are six onions enough?
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223. Add another one.
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224. Make it tastier.
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225. There must be a chip
in Sentain's armor.
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226. We all have a trash can deep within.
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227. That's my theory.
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228. I'll kill you!
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229. Cosse! Tong!
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230. Motherfucker!
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231. Stop it!
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232. Galoup?
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233. Wake up, my boy.
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234. Legionnaires!
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235. On my order...
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236. attention!
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237. At ease.
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238. Thank you, legionnaire.
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239. How old are you?
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240. Twenty-two.
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241. Get along with your parents?
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242. I don't have a mother.
Or a father.
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243. You know nothing of them?
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244. No, sir.
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245. I was found in a stairwell.
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246. Found?
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247. Fuck!
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248. At least it was a nice find.
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249. Keep at it.
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250. I looked at the desolate Ghoubbet,
thinking my black thoughts.
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251. People tell many stories
about this wasteland – the devil...
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252. Hey, you Muslims!
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253. evil spirits, the evil eye.
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254. Spaghetti with meat sauce.
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255. It's great!
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256. Let's see your food.
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257. Delicious!
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258. That stuff looks like coyote food!
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259. Where's Combé?
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260. He went to take a leak, sir.
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261. He deserted his post.
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262. No, he went to take a leak, sir.
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263. He deserted his post.
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264. Section! On my order...
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265. attention!
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266. At ease!
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267. Dig.
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268. You'll stop when I say so.
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269. Fall out.
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270. You'll be sorry, Sentain,
believe me.
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271. I see what you're up to.
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272. We don't need guys like you here.
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273. You're in my power.
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274. I will destroy you.
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275. I'll set my trap.
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276. The compass...
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277. the compass...
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278. Bakka!
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279. You're not African anymore.
You're a legionnaire now.
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280. That's unfair, sir.
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281. See you soon, sir.
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282. Say hi to the commandant.
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283. Sentain never came back.
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284. People said he deserted.
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285. He could easily have crossed
the mountains into Ethiopia.
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286. 1,000 francs.
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287. Tierno recognized Sentain's compass.
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288. For him, Sentain fell prey
to someone's ill will.
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289. Soon Forestier summoned me.
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290. I said to him,
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291. "Admit that you hate me for it."
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292. You know the rules.
You knew what you were in for.
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293. You have no choice now.
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294. Repatriation for disciplinary reasons.
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295. Court-martial.
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296. You'll be convicted.
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297. Your Legion days are over.
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298. All over.
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299. - So? Is he your boyfriend?
- Yes.
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300. How are things between you?
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301. We get along well.
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302. Why are you smiling?
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303. You make me laugh.
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304. Goodbye and good riddance, Frenchie.
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305. Don't ever come back.
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306. But the Legion must be off, be off
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307. Be off to go a-fighting
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308. Jeannine, I'll be coming home
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309. No question about it
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310. But the bullets
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311. All around me
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312. Know no laws
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313. Lost...
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314. lost...
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315. "Serve the good cause and die."
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