"Don't know. We can try anyway, right?" It wasn't his fight, and he had to go back eventually. If things didn't clear up by the time he felt ready to leave, he'd have to cut the loss and go.

But that didn't mean he was going to be an ass about it while he was here. After all, people who could fight, should fight.

...Which was another line from the propaganda. Hells, his brain really was full of it. "Anybody who wants to fight, should fight." That was better.