Kat sighs and drags a hand through her hair. As much as she hated to admit it, he had a very valid point.

"I guess I just hoped everything I'd done, everything any of us had done, hadn't been for nothing." Giving her life over to the military after losing everything, the training and augmentations, Beta company, Thom, every loss and sacrifice had been for something, something that had seemed so entirely unattainable until York had assured her -- they won. They finally fucking won.

Well, at least she'd gotten to hold onto that for a little while. She pounds back a good half of her beer.