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This is the story of a soldier who never enlisted, a victim who never spoke, and a witness who cannot forget. It is the story of the Earth itself. In the spring of 1914, the forests of the Ardennes and the rolling fields of Flanders were busy with the business of life. Roots whispered to fungi underground; ancient oaks stood as monuments to centuries of slow time. Nature had its own laws, its own  Natural Rights , to sunlight, rain, and the quiet rhythm of decay. Then came th