I didn't ask for the details of what I did. I asked whether everyone made it out alive. That wouldn't change the fact that I'd need to fight for that outcome.

[He's not being thrown off the topic quite that easily, especially since Heartland being rebuilt is one thing, but the people are quite another. He's spent enough time around Reiji and his ilk by this point to recognise potential weasel wording.]

What about the civilians?

[Obviously he has some specific people in mind, but he should at least get a general idea of what happened to them from how willing this guy is to broach that topic.]