“So you worked for the enemy,” Kaiya quipped gently.
Kormac laughed. “Yes, you could say that.”
The joyful expression stayed on his face for a few seconds but began inexorably to slip.
“That’s exactly what I did, isn’t it,” Kormac said. “I’m just as bad as any collaborator here. Worse, even.”
“That’s ridiculous,” Kaiya said.
“Is it, though?” Kormac said. “We tested weapons. We repaired Obsidian Tanks, lightning drones, surveillance pods. Everything we did supported the war effort. I may as well have been one of them.”
“You had no choice,” Kaiya said.
Kormac shook his head. “I did, though. We all did. People didn’t talk much about it – I don’t think we were supposed to know – but there were other camps. Not all of them were for work. I think the others were more… correctional. But so
