"So I was just one more method of control." They hadn't even looked at it that way, not really capable of seeing it from that angle from the inside until now, but Sora makes sense. Not only did those kids get someone to teach them who was better than everyone else, they got-- a role model. Something that cared about them, that they could care about back... something that did exactly as it was told.

Soldat stares at the opal in Sora's hand, expressionless. "Sometimes I wish those fuckers from HYDRA were here so I could kill them all again."