Including PJ training, seven years. Plus four years before that in the ROTC, and four years in the reserves after I left active duty.

[It's an unusual amount of interest in him, but, hey, maybe she's got relatives in the service back home or something.]

I got tired of taking orders, and I thought I could do more good back home, helping people.

[There's a look in his eyes that speaks of sorrow and loss (of course, what scion doesn't have that look right now?), and it's obvious that isn't the whole story.]