Clasping their hands at the monastery hall in central Magway region, they offer alms for the deceased: small cash notes, rice and curry -- all they can spare while living through a civil war."How many more young people will have to die?" asked Soe Gyi, recounting how his nephew was killed in combat after he quit training as a monk to fight for pro-democracy rebels."Only the elderly and the very young children are left," said the 49-year-old last month, speaking under a pseudonym to protect his security, like all others in this story."The generation in between has been cut down."Monitor organisation Armed Conflict Location & Event Data (ACLED) said on Wednesday that the number of conflict-related fatalities across all sides since a 2021 coup now stands at 100,114.ACLED tallies media reports of violence. There is no official verified figure, and estimates vary widely.But all around Magway's Myit Chay area -- on the banks of the Irrawaddy river bisecting Myanmar -- the emotional toll is unquestionable.Thaung Sein said her civilian son was killed as their family was displaced by a recent military offensive."If our younger generation of children can survive until they grow up, there might still be a chance for a better future," said the 45-year-old from her temporary shelter in the jungle."But if they cannot even make it that far and things continue like this, there will be nothing left except death."Her son's body was discovered burned and pierced with puncture wounds in a bleak landscape of charred villages, she said.