@syn-vetra | previously
Breda tried not to let his surprise show, but in truth he was completely fucking floored. Quick reassessment of the situation:
There is a child in the middle of the North-East wargames.
Okay, even Armstrong wouldn't be bonkers enough to drop something like this into a training exercise. What, then? A runaway, probably. Or lost-- though he didn't look lost. Or a spy, despite his protests. He wouldn't put it past Drachma to recruit children.
And how old had Ed been, again?
Breda's Drachman was only good for reading newspapers. He spoke slowly, groping blindly for the right case endings. Not lowering the paint gun; if the kid had one weapon, he might well have more.
"You are in Amestris. Do you know this?"