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Gene set off to Lepers "Christmas Location" yesterday. He says its his home in Vermont where his mom is. He took a train then a bus to get there. I really hope Gene realizes that Leper has fled from the war. Gene says that Leper has escaped from the spies. I wish he could just except the truth. But this makes the war all the more real to all of us. The worst was yet to come. The army offered to give Leper a "Section Eight discharge," also know as, Leper is crazy. This discharge is for insane people, which means he would never be able to lead a regular life again. Gene told me that he and Leper had any long conversations about the war, and what is going on at Devon. Leper even brought up my accident of falling out of the tree, sore subject. Leper told Gene of his hallucinations of boot camp. He saw soldiers carrying peoples limbs, and the officers faces were women's faces. I hope that Gene is okay after hearing all of this. He told me he could not stand to hear it anymore so he ran into the snowy fields.