...the children. [Hux shakes his head a bit, and finishes the rest of his drink, ordering another.]

I know it must sound strange, to some people. But where I come from we are raised from a young age to fight. It was survive, or not. No other choice. [He was no bleeding heart, one to pour his feelings and story out to a stranger. In truth, Clark has heard more than many have ever heard in his own chain of command.]

Everyone always claims to have their 'reasons'. But those reasons being reasonable are often debatable.