"I never said you didn't," she said carefully. "Have a reason to hate them, I mean. Just because ... you know. Sometimes, neither side is right, yeah? There are people over here and other ones over there and ... okay, I kinda don't like your old job all that much, but that doesn't mean anyone against them is right, either."

She may not be making sense. But if he could translate Rude's grunts, there was hope, at least.

"I'm glad they didn't know," she said. "No one deserves that. To have their kid be ... just some pawn. That's horrible."