[ Carver watches her again. Considering what she tells him, the words she choses. Her intonation. Information is useful, always. He might not be able to use it right now, but one day that could change. One day this could mean the difference between survival and getting stoved up on the killing fields. ]

You know what I figure out in Afghanistan? Everybody's out for themselves. Especially the Army. There's no greater good. There's just people, and most of those fuckers are greedy, selfish things who justify it by selling out a stranger instead of their brother - but oh, they'll do that if the price is right.

[ His voice is cool. ]

I believe in keeping the guy at my shoulder alive. That's the only good people like us get.