"Definitely." A small yawn there. Not sleepy. Nope. "People died." A pause. "I killed some of them." Dinah's eyes stayed on the TV screen, watching the doctors try to save people. "Some I couldn't save."

She was quiet for a long minute, then said, "If we're lucky, and the truth-in-propaganda campaign works over the next couple weeks, the fighting will be over. I hope. I hope, I hope."