That was depressing as hell. The time dilatation discussions, about war on this giant scale, what it means to live past people who you grew up with, was all great. The major story and its telling of how war changes someone, the wounds that are carried within the body, even when they are "healed", how it becomes impossible to separate the person from their experience was neat. I think the novella serves its purpose really well and confirms a few Mercy of Gods theories.