[A soldier, then. Given his style of dress when they first met, this hardly surprised him, but at the same time, he can hardly imagine someone of Kaspar's temperament at war. He's familiar with soldiers, met several, but "extermination" is... significantly more troubling. There's a deeper and more brutal significance to it. The more he learns about Kaspar's world, the more unpleasant it sounds. And thus the more astounding that it turns out someone as soft and kind as Kaspar.]

Pray forgive the discourtesy of dredging up unpleasant memories. I cannot... Imagine suffering through such things.
[And really, that he burdened Kaspar with his own troubles that, while inarguably not insignificant, pale in comparison to the horrors of war, he's sure.]

My own concerns must seem so frivolous in comparison.