It's one thing to want to attack imPorts. That's what most people think, that this is all to try to get rid of us. I can understand why they could view us as a threat. [He glances away to look out at the horizon again, folding his knees up against his chest as the sun continues to go down. This feels like a conversation that he's had too many times to count; it's only natural that he slips into his old manners of talking, when he's not watching how he phrases the distinction between 'us' and 'them.'] But involving civilians in something like this is another matter entirely. They just live here. They shouldn't be at risk just because of us.