You see, the outcome of the battle is unimportant. What matters is the chaos, and the slaughter.

“Work. Home. The pub. Meeting girls. Living in the city. Life. Is that all there…”

“It was not that he was feckless, more that he had simply not been around the da…”

“There are some as are what they are. And there are some as aren't what they see…”

“Also, in my bedroom, nobody minded if I kept the hall door half-open, allowing …”