It has to be said, that trick worked like a charm. As soon as he said it, the woman stopped complaining about the instructor and went to argue with her husband instead, accusing him of sending their son to his death. "Are we too poor or don't we have enough people? In the future, as long as our son says what he wants to do, where can't he go? If he wants to be a soldier, he could just do it safely and nearby so we can go see him often. But you, you didn't even discuss it with her, sending the child to who knows where, some godforsaken place that costs people their lives. If not you, who else would she quarrel with?"