[ Yuri'd never considered it before, but that held true for Dimitri back home, didn't it? And surely the same for that other Yuri. ]

The war, right? That's why the others didn't finish, back home.

[ That's an oversimplification, of course. ]

Suppose half that education's battlefield experience anyway, and we've all gotten our share of that.

[ He shrugs, knowing it can't be helped. ]