[ He winces, because one planet and its colonies going at it already dragged in too many people who should have been a long way from a battlefield -- a massive war across a whole galaxy is just brutal. He really wants to ask what her regret is and whether it's related to that war; the only thing that's stopping him is that he wouldn't particularly want to answer in return. ]
no subject
... at least it's not normal.
[ And if he's hearing that "was" right-- ]
And that it's over.