[ She stretches her legs out in front of her, staring at past her toes. ] We didn't all get along, we didn't all even like each other, but we were family.
[ She smiles at him, small, brief. ]
War changes everything. War changes... just everything.
[ And it is nice, knowing someone who understands that. Knowing someone who understands that and isn't more than twice her age. She's barely been able to stand the company of other teenagers in this place. They're frivolous, unfocused, dull. They don't know guns or understand when and how to use them. They don't know the smell of death. ]
Most of my squad died during the invasion. I don't know if the survivors made it to our extraction point. I got--I was injured, then I was here. There were only three others left.
[ She rubs her arms lightly. ] I can't say that to people here without hearing condolences, and I don't want them. You know?
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[ She stretches her legs out in front of her, staring at past her toes. ] We didn't all get along, we didn't all even like each other, but we were family.
[ She smiles at him, small, brief. ]
War changes everything. War changes... just everything.
[ And it is nice, knowing someone who understands that. Knowing someone who understands that and isn't more than twice her age. She's barely been able to stand the company of other teenagers in this place. They're frivolous, unfocused, dull. They don't know guns or understand when and how to use them. They don't know the smell of death. ]
Most of my squad died during the invasion. I don't know if the survivors made it to our extraction point. I got--I was injured, then I was here. There were only three others left.
[ She rubs her arms lightly. ] I can't say that to people here without hearing condolences, and I don't want them. You know?