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[beknight]

[ His father was a doctor too. Do no harm. And he'd raised a fist for his family. Bruce raised both, later on, and never lowered them. ]

What did you do?

[ His voice is not gentle, this is not a kind question. It is even, drawing out something in a sequence, making a list of the facts. He was in the 901st Anti Tank Troop. Facing something bigger and more monstrous than himself. ]

[toten_sie]

Kill people.

[ And he makes no apologies, gives no excuses, frames it as exactly what it is. He'd killed people. He didn't think war was an excuse. It didn't change what happened, after all. People died and their families suffered and he got to live. ]

[beknight]

Mm.

[ He makes no apologies. People sometimes do, even for necessary things. Some don't, some can make it out to be part of them as easily as they breathe. Some people — no matter how they hate it — shine in the thick of it. ]

Do you think it was close to being over, before you came here?

[toten_sie]

Do you mean for me, or for everyone?

[ The answers are very different, after all. ]

[beknight]

— I suppose for everyone.

[toten_sie]

For everyone, the war ended years ago.

Or... it should have. I guess...

For some people, people like me, it still hasn't ended.

[ No, that's not right either. ]

For people still suffering, it still hasn't ended. Or it hadn't before everything was destroyed.