They... [Riley speaks quietly, and he hesitates once he speaks up, but Zetta is looking at him, so it's too late, now. He shifts his weight uncertainly.] They didn't usually tell us much. Before the... Before everything happened. I was... in Alaska. They didn't --
[He hesitates again, his eyes darting to Zetta's face.] They didn't tell us everything about Psycho when they gave it to us. And that's... just one example. The soldiers who... who shot protestors after the annexation, I'm pretty sure they were told all kinds of things... to make those people sound dangerous. Anything to keep them aiming where they wanted.
... I'm sorry. I don't know if -- your command was like ours. But it... The history... is there.
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[He hesitates again, his eyes darting to Zetta's face.] They didn't tell us everything about Psycho when they gave it to us. And that's... just one example. The soldiers who... who shot protestors after the annexation, I'm pretty sure they were told all kinds of things... to make those people sound dangerous. Anything to keep them aiming where they wanted.
... I'm sorry. I don't know if -- your command was like ours. But it... The history... is there.