We were all looking at Daisy. I didn't know what to think, or do, or say. What if what they were doing here ended up changing the course of the war? What if we could be a part of that? Save lives... our country...
"Well, I'm with Daisy." Joe chimed in after a moment and folded his arms across his chest. "I'm ready to get back home as soon as possible. I've given enough to this war. I'm tired and I'm opting out."
General Thomas looked between Daisy and Joe with a soft smile.
"Of course, understandable. We have all given so much to this war. Some have had much more taken from them than we could each imagine."
I sensed Nina shift beside me and turned to see her eyes narrowed in on Joe, looking livid.
"Nina?" I asked, almost afraid to find out why she looked that way.
"Joe. You are an [i]absolute[/i] shithead. You have given nothing to this war. You've taken every loophole you could think of to get out of having to actually fight, or actually work hard to help the people around us. Your goal has been nothing but to get out of here. The only time you've actually done something useful was when we were suddenly escaping and making tracks towards what [i]you[/i] wanted. Did you even think of what we've given to this fight?"
Joe was speechless. His sister was suddenly furious with him. I was just as shocked as he was. Nina's pent-up anger hadn't showed once since we'd met them.
"Spencer's fought and had way too many close calls. On missions [i]you[/i] wriggled out of." Nina continued, jabbing an accusing finger at her brother. Spence looked uncomfortable as he shrank down into his chair. "Em lost Lou. Do you remember him? Nice guy, in love with our sister- died on the front just after we'd been drafted. And me? You know what I've lost, Joe. You know."
Em had a tear running down her cheek as she looked between her siblings. General Thomas stood before us all, silent as tension burnt through the air. She held herself well though, clearly she'd seen a lot of these types of arguments before.
"Look at Daisy, Joe. Look what she's given." Nina's voice was now trembling, her anger was alive but simmering as other emotions came forward. "She almost lost her life out there. And Sam, he's already saved our asses way too many times. He's risked his life for us. For people he doesn't even know. Look at what they've given."
"Nina-" Joe started but she scrapped her chair back as she stood abruptly. 
"Just- don't, Joe." She turned away, marching to the door we'd just come through. With one quick movement she had pushed it open and disappeared, leaving us in a heavy silence.