[If nothing else, though, there was always one Truth Midii could fall back on whenever attempting to justify her past actions: she had never killed anything.]

[...well, not directly. The blood on her hands was a direct result of her actions, yes, but she'd never pulled a single trigger in her life.]

Yes.

Although... [And she was remiss to admit it, no matter how true it was from her perspective.] ...soldiers are still usually the first ones to die. Especially the ones that don't know what they're really fighting for. Or whose side they should be on.

[All these years later, and she could still picture those moments shortly after Nanashii took out the troop traitors. Hear the explosions in the distance as their mobile suits exploded. See the blank look on his face, as if he hadn't just killed people who had helped raise him.]