Not what I meant! You're not the one that was here at the very beginning.

[ A pause. ] You know, I'm not sure! In fact, that is actually a pretty good question. The original idea was for us to bring color to the city! So I don't think they cared who they got to do it as long as it happened. But everything has changed since then! If they want us to be their soldiers you'd think they'd at least want us to stick around long enough to get trained or whatever. [ Somewhat thoughtfully. Aradia's sparked her thinking now. ]