[ Miles continues on stubbornly. He is convinced that his way is the right way, even if it does involve lying a little bit. Byerly doesn't have quite the same personal stake in it that Miles does, after all. ]

I do know how this war went. Exceptionally, personally well. [ He levels a stare at Byerly. ] Tell me, Byerly, at what point did interlopers from different worlds and times suddenly appear in the camp? What year was that?