(Poor kid. Opposite problem from me, seems like. I dunno, pal. Think it's more complicated than that.) "Not all missions are like this, the last missions was much less combat," Soldat says after a moment of chewing on that, and deciding not to bring up their own experience in Beacon yet. Wrestling with the intense satisfaction they'd felt during the spirit siege, when everything was sharp and focused and right, but no one was giving them specific orders to kill-- it's not the same was what she's describing.

God, that was so long ago, now.

"And now you have a choice," they continue. "Join Orange team, who doesn't fight much at all. Or Blue team, which deals with civilians more often than enemies. Or stay on the train. Or fight, but on your own terms. It's not fate. It's your decision."