[John is sorry too. That this is a shared experience, for them. War.
Technically, being a soldier, he had signed up for it. He cannot even say he had not known what he had been getting into at the time, for he had seen his first battle before he'd bought his commission, with Hal's regiment at Culloden. Hal had not let him fight, of course, but he had been young and foolish and thought he could capture himself a prisoner anyway -- and cost himself a broken arm and a regiment's worth stolen canon for his efforts.]
I expect William will do well enough on his own. Even so...
[He flashes the other man a smile as if to say he cannot help but worry, before offering something of a shrug.]
Have you anyone here with you, from your own home?
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Technically, being a soldier, he had signed up for it. He cannot even say he had not known what he had been getting into at the time, for he had seen his first battle before he'd bought his commission, with Hal's regiment at Culloden. Hal had not let him fight, of course, but he had been young and foolish and thought he could capture himself a prisoner anyway -- and cost himself a broken arm and a regiment's worth stolen canon for his efforts.]
I expect William will do well enough on his own. Even so...
[He flashes the other man a smile as if to say he cannot help but worry, before offering something of a shrug.]
Have you anyone here with you, from your own home?