I read this sentence in ' "Broken Mirrors (soft under my knuckles)" by
Clickclick (TotallyARealPerson)' on AO3 and it just hit deep. Btw I'm the stoey, marinette says this.
"War is worse than hell," she whispered, an old probably mangled quote from some series she barely remembered. "Everyone in hell is a sinner, they belong where they are. War has non-combatants, innocent bystanders, civilians, children who get hurt in the crossfire. When the dust of war settles, most of the bodies are going to be from the people who had the misfortune of being in the wrong place at the wrong time."
I read this and I'm like damn my heart hurts. The story is a Nino and Alya salt.