"Hmm. Maybe. Or maybe some not-so-good-hearted champions. There's a definite profit-making edge to the whole thing. Somehow. After all, they've got accountants.

And wars are expensive -- this one extra so, I guess." She fell silent to swing with him for a few moments. "They've found a way to manufacture Shifts. I guess they're normally a natural thing in this world and they've built machines to do it for them. I think..."

This sort of element was not her own. There was another tidbit far more interesting from the whole fracas but -- but she was always wary of bringing the General up with anyone. Jack, especially.