Suspicious wording, Prior notes, thinking it particularly out of place for all they've already said. It has got him thinking, though, about the moments before his arrival, and how he can't quite convince himself that wasn't the real dream. (Or nightmare, as he has the great luck of remembering it, as Rivers would remind him.)
"France," comes his clipped reply, so lacking in detail it might as well be useless. It says something - he's certainly not French - but it doesn't speak of the turmoil, of the limping Western Front, nor does it really give Winchester an indication of what makes Billy so frightfully churlish. And why should he explain that? He doesn't know the guy from Adam, and even if he did, the Americans have certainly won themselves no favor in their bumbling attempts to find glory, arriving so late to the party.
He deflates, his shoulders dropping and his chin dipping. The end had been so near, although he has no way of knowing that now. Within hours they would be making a great push, a terribly inefficient shove at the Front that would cost Prior his life. While ultimately effective - one of the last offensives of the war - it would also claim a thousand more lives in the process.
"Why?" He thinks it a fair question, if only because of the wording. Why is it important to know just that? He hardly thinks it a coincidence the question feels so out of place.
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"France," comes his clipped reply, so lacking in detail it might as well be useless. It says something - he's certainly not French - but it doesn't speak of the turmoil, of the limping Western Front, nor does it really give Winchester an indication of what makes Billy so frightfully churlish. And why should he explain that? He doesn't know the guy from Adam, and even if he did, the Americans have certainly won themselves no favor in their bumbling attempts to find glory, arriving so late to the party.
He deflates, his shoulders dropping and his chin dipping. The end had been so near, although he has no way of knowing that now. Within hours they would be making a great push, a terribly inefficient shove at the Front that would cost Prior his life. While ultimately effective - one of the last offensives of the war - it would also claim a thousand more lives in the process.
"Why?" He thinks it a fair question, if only because of the wording. Why is it important to know just that? He hardly thinks it a coincidence the question feels so out of place.