While he's heard some of it before, hearing it again with more context and more time to know Soldat makes it sink in a little better. Before, he recalls, he didn't really have enough information to judge. Was that just how Earth treated its soldiers? Was it perhaps an effective use of their technological advances, as strange as it sounded?

Now it leaves a bitter taste in his mouth and he frowns. It deepens on hearing those numbers. Effective? Maybe, but cruel.

"Taken out of your time and used as a tool. I understand now, I think. Better than I did. What they did was - that's not how you treat anyone. Ever. I'm so sorry."