"Must we resort to total war?"
Roland murmured quietly, only Freya and himself could hear this sad soliloquy, the laughter and screams of young boys and girls in the swimming pool provided the perfect cover for their conversation.
"Couldn't we just use special warfare, economic warfare, public opinion warfare, or even low-intensity, out-of-bounds warfare to achieve a deterrent effect? Why must we—"
"To make them feel the cruelty of war and show them the cost of waging it."
Freya shrugged, wearing an indifferent expression.
