Annoyingly verbose anon >>3 checking in again—and I have to say this chapter was everything I asked for in my critique! It was simply just delicious to read. The whole description of Sniper teaching Scout to shoot his rifle, guiding his hands and leaning in against him to brace him, and Scout freaking out about it but too proud to complain, was perfect. It was such a great scene! And of course the end, with Scout knocking down Sniper a notch and showing him exactly why he’s earned his membership of the team, made me grin. I feel you’ve got their characterisations down really well. So yeah, nothing to critique in this part! Thanks for sharing; please keep up the good work, I’m looking forward to more!