[A day of more firsts. The Soldier recognizes that for what it is, too, and takes a moment to just marvel at truth and emotional honesty from a handler. One like Javert, even. (Misty still doesn't quite count, there.)]

Did your work hurt you? Or other people?

[Because you know what, that is about exactly the Soldier's feelings. Minus the programming and lack of personhood. Kind of. They've accepted that some people have other kinds of programming that are sometimes just as hard to resist.]