Field climbed up from downstairs, holding three freshly washed goblets in one hand and a bottle of wine in the other.
He placed the goblets on a small table, first poured himself half a glass and drank it, then poured half a glass each for Moritz and Winters.
The lieutenant colonel still cared quite a bit about the mental state of Winters, the rookie fresh out of the gate. As he handed a goblet to Winters, he said, "Don't feel any guilt about today's events; half of those scum in the slums have one murder on their hands, and the other half more than one. Killing them actually just saves the Parliament the money it would've spent on hangman's ropes."
"You can't say that, after all, we didn't go through any trial process," Major Moritz sipped his wine and methodically offered a counterpoint.