I was the same... well, maybe not the same, that's going too far.

[ Yuri believes that he can safely surmise that Nebula has led a rough life just as he has. The details of that may be wildly different, judging even by her appearance. There are no such metallic additions to people where he heals from. ]

One of the very few ways a kid could earn money where I came from was as an assassin. No one suspects a child.

[ Despite his eyes being on her, it's evident that he's mindful that no one is within earshot. People may well have guessed at his background, seeing as he'd intentionally drawn Childe into a dark chamber to fight him and clearly knew how to maneuver in total darkness. The fact that his footfalls are often all but silent to those who don't possess Hayame's sharp ears is suggestive in its own right. ]

I don't want that for the ones here, but it's not about what we want... So all we can do is enable them to survive this.

[ Even if they are with Zenith right now. They're young, at least some of them inexperienced, conscripted into a war with supposedly countless lives on the line. ]