[She catches the look of confusion, but he doesn't ask, either. He doesn't push, and she respects that in someone. She has secrets to keep, but maybe less of them here than she did in DC. So when he asks, she considers the question, the possible range of answers, some more real than others, even if they're all a kind of truth.]
There was a War. So they started pulling orphans out of the state facilities and into a military program.
[Which could be benign enough; training, lessons on weaponry, trying to turn orphans into soldiers. But there's more to it, of course. Isn't there always?]
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There was a War. So they started pulling orphans out of the state facilities and into a military program.
[Which could be benign enough; training, lessons on weaponry, trying to turn orphans into soldiers. But there's more to it, of course. Isn't there always?]