[Now he's looking pensive as he's dragging you both over to the couch in his room. Give him a bit to light up.]

It was just... eye-opening, you know? Being stationed in a country that's been flagged as problematic for the Vigil. You don't know who your friends are outside of the people in your own base. You see, firsthand, what happens when you get careless, or make a bad call.

[He doesn't want to go into details. It's too fresh.]