“Standing before you is one of the finest scouts in our country,” the general said firmly. “She was already serving when you were still in kindergarten. Those scars are the result of a combat mission. Her entire unit was ambushed, and they survived only because she carried her wounded comrades to safety. She sustained severe injuries, but she never backed down.”

Silence gripped the room. Smiles vanished, and shame appeared on their faces.

— “Instead of thanking her for her service, you laugh at her scars,” the general said with cold severity.
— “Shame on men like you.”