[He grins - okay, so he never did anything like that, but every kid played pretend. It's like that, right?] Hey, that's not a bad idea, you know. Pretty creative.

[Still. He doesn't want her to shrug something like that off.] I know the drill, sure. But I've never liked it. Wars - any kind of wars, the big ones and the small ones - all have casualties that shouldn't have happened. Most people just write 'em off. I think they're important to remember.