"They did that? That seems unprofessional." He almost sounded a bit skeptical, but then, he had no idea what army life was really like. While he'd studied information about wars, very little of the knowledge he absorbed ever spoke of soldiers as individuals, or really even as people beyond their rank and accomplishments, if they were considered to be worthy of note.

He'd developed something of an expectation that all soldiers, especially those of higher rank, were always professional, calculating and reserved. A vision that Grif really didn't fit into.

"What was the war over? An invasion, or something more complicated?"