Because it had been almost a week since she last saw her husband and for no other reason, she decided to check in with him. Waiting until it was dark made the day creep by slowly. Whoever thought that being in the middle of a war was nothing but non-stop excitement clearly had never been inside of one before. There was a lot of boredom. Many hours that passed with nothing to do. Was it any wonder that so many people went mad in the middle of them? It wasn't just the violence.