[They were taking the term 'civilian' on a few separate definitions, it seemed tp Pidge. While she had attended a military academy and knew it's proper definition, her experiences in recent months have taught her a different way of looking at the word:

'Those not involved.']

Make that the two of us, [Pidge confessed with a nonchalant shrug, as if the detail were no more than a mere technicality in all of this.]

I'm also used to things taking a physical effort, even if it's just pushing a button to make the machine work. This....I admit, it's beyond what I know right now, but it's obviously worth something here. That's enough reason to look at it, I think.