Dylan shrugged and resigned himself to playing along. It seemed better than trying to force anything on the woman. He laughed along with her, trying not to sound awkward.

"Do you want to tell Clara some stories about the war?" he asked again. "I'm trying to get them down so people remember what you did." Patience and repetition was the best technique, the archivist in the Unknowns unit had told him. Patience and repetition.