Soldat has never intentionally broken a relationship with anyone, that they can recall. Maybe. That One. Did with some of the girls he danced with, but it doesn't seem like they ever really mattered much, from this end of things. The only losses they've ever suffered had been involuntary.

Might be another reason this is so hard for them to deal with.

"Oh. Yeah. Eighteen total, good and bad. Though I smashed two." The ones with Words, like they mentioned last week in the church. They go back to sharpening their knives. "So there's sixteen left. Four from before the war. Three of those were good. One good one from after the war. Which was unexpected. Namine found that one."