"He counts under his breath, hears slow numbers tick in his own voice. When he gets to eight, the hat less mans head bursts, the top of his skull evaporating in a fine red drizzle punctuated by the thunderclap of a rifle echoing down the hill." (Galloway, 136)
This takes place in the book when when Dragan's friend is shot trying to cross the bridge and a man with a hat runs out to the bridge to rescue her. As he goes to get her he is shot once by a bullet and is knocked over severely injured. As the man crawls back to safety he notices Dragan staring blankly at him as he tries to determine how far apart all of the gunshots are. When Dragan counts to 8 though, the man is hit for a second time and was instantly killed by the second bullet.
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