[She might have guessed from the country alone, but it's good to have it clarified. A solider, then. Likely a combat medic, but so something like this is nothing compared to what he's seen and done.]
I, ah, narrowly missed the first world war. I can't imagine how warfare has developed beyond that.
[Wars had never interested her. Of all the things she'd found out about the future, the squabbling of countries had always seemed so dreary for her. But it's a little different when it involves a person she knows. And she's ready to ask after it, wondering what the conflict was and what the supposed reasons fueling it were, but . . .
He'd been kind enough to know that focusing in on her grief and fear would be precisely the wrong action. She won't linger on the topic of Afghanistan for him. So, briskly:]
Though I must say, well done. I can't tell you how many solider boys I rejected when I was younger; I rather grew to dislike anyone associated with the military. You've made yourself an exception.
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[She might have guessed from the country alone, but it's good to have it clarified. A solider, then. Likely a combat medic, but so something like this is nothing compared to what he's seen and done.]
I, ah, narrowly missed the first world war. I can't imagine how warfare has developed beyond that.
[Wars had never interested her. Of all the things she'd found out about the future, the squabbling of countries had always seemed so dreary for her. But it's a little different when it involves a person she knows. And she's ready to ask after it, wondering what the conflict was and what the supposed reasons fueling it were, but . . .
He'd been kind enough to know that focusing in on her grief and fear would be precisely the wrong action. She won't linger on the topic of Afghanistan for him. So, briskly:]
Though I must say, well done. I can't tell you how many solider boys I rejected when I was younger; I rather grew to dislike anyone associated with the military. You've made yourself an exception.