"I'm sorry," Jill said honestly. Sometimes apologies over a death sounded trite, but she felt it would be inconsiderate not to at least acknowledge the loss Lucy had experienced. "That must've been very difficult." To lose someone and then have her brother be sent over as well.

"We tried to stop this sort of thing back home," she murmured after a moment. "Nothing quite like Vietnam, but we worked to control bioterrorism and put a stop to people who were using viruses and bacterias to fight their wars."