Diary Drabble: Ancestor

He could be looking at a cousin, an absent brother, or a photo of his father or uncle when they were young. Yet this is Brians ancestor, a soldier from a long-ago war he hardly knows a thing about. He wants to ask him questions, climb into the screen where hes viewing his records and learn everything hes got to say. His face is proud, serious, yet theres a hint of mischief around his eyes. Brian ignores his date of death and glosses over the cause of it, wishing for the chance to go back in...