It was used as a flavoring agent in rock soup. Eventually, it was cooked over and over until it could no longer nourish comrades.
So they took Yuri and his family around the corner and shot them in the head with a makarov (that took several tries, a makarov is not accurate even point blank).
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It was used as a flavoring agent in rock soup. Eventually, it was cooked over and over until it could no longer nourish comrades.
So they took Yuri and his family around the corner and shot them in the head with a makarov (that took several tries, a makarov is not accurate even point blank).