The place Toz found showed how little the Alliance of Kingdom's military cared for the unaffiliated combatants participating in battle. Or maybe how little they could afford to care for them.
The large tents were barely enough to protect the inhabitants from the outside weather, and there was no way it could dampen the ruckus outside to let anyone get a semblance of rest. The bunks were rickety, hard, and only a few had drapes around them for privacy.
But it didn't look like the poor sleeping conditions troubled the combatants as much as their memories of the battlefield. Those who could sleep slept, whether it be peacefully or wracked with nightmares. But those who couldn't sleep were trapped with their consciousness fully alert, vividly going through scenes of comrades, new and old, getting torn to pieces in front of them.
