The term 'nuclear explosion' is added to his list of 'words to look up and try to understand.' Potential weapons with devastating effect? Dead or not, this particular Roman prince and general wants to know.

His eyes tighten further. "I'm sorry I wasn't there. I should have--" He shakes his head. "There was a fire in Wood Sector." And he trusted the civilians to a child who should never have been out in the field.

This look? This is guilt.