I was told they decided to forego the embarrassment of a trial, too much evidence piled up against him. Especially with witnesses... I guess I didn't think to question it, I was only twelve at the time.

[Ed could tell Cisco horror stories, but everyone he's told so far reacts pretty intensely so he's learned to keep the story of Nina to something more generic. It was always weird to realize what bothered people here and what didn't, and nothing was universal.]

Where I'm from the military has a reputation. We're called dogs of the state, civilians don't like us much. They say we're on a leash and have to obey orders no matter what the outcome.

[It hadn't been like that for Ed, he'd gotten around things and he knew it. Not that it mattered now, he was a fugitive of the state when he went home.]

The Perimeter Guard is made up of new arrivals and civilians, I'm not sure how much it could get away with considering there probably isn't too much loyalty in the ranks.

[There was too much fresh meat as far as he was concerned, that'd make it hard to pull off a seedy operation no one else new about. Still, he's skeptical considering how much went on behind the scenes in his own world.]

I hope you're right though... That there isn't anything going on that we don't know about.