[For once, Jade explains, mostly because he doesn't quite trust his own judgement.]
Ensuring that he won't wake when I search him.
[He thinks it's necessary, thinks it's foolish that the Union has taken such a hard stance against killing when their enemies don't hesitate to use lethal force, but perhaps he's the one in the wrong here. What he does know is that they can't risk having the soldier make any noise at all, and killing is the easiest way to be certain of that.]
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Ensuring that he won't wake when I search him.
[He thinks it's necessary, thinks it's foolish that the Union has taken such a hard stance against killing when their enemies don't hesitate to use lethal force, but perhaps he's the one in the wrong here. What he does know is that they can't risk having the soldier make any noise at all, and killing is the easiest way to be certain of that.]