She nodded. "I'm not saying ... you know. That I think it's awesome and ... all of that."

She got it. She didn't necessarily approve, especially since it felt like he could switch his ethics off and line up with whatever side was passing out his orders, and okay, yes, that bothered her.

But she got it, maybe, and that was progress. Wasn't it?

"Did you ever ... I dunno." She shook her head. "I mean, it's not your job to worry about people, just ... if you could have said no more, would you have? Did you ever ..."