Van chuckled softly. "Of course. Not many soldiers have much need to learn how to plant flowers." Not that it was an entirely useless skill as some knowledge of plant life would be useful in simply knowing which plants to use and which avoid if one was somehow separated from his platoon, however planting flowers and vegetables offered little aid on the battlefield.

"You were a soldier before you arrived here?" A young one, from the looks of him. The young man couldn't have been much older than his sister, perhaps even younger than her. Not that that was much to judge the young man's abilities on, as Tear was a formidable soldier in her own right.