Shinji laughed slightly at Midvalley's first comment. The tone was somewhere between an amused and bitter laugh.
"Yeah". He murmured his agreement, his lips briefly twitching as the party was mentioned. Mitch hadn't seemed a bad guy, that was sure. "Dorian seems to like a couple of us. I feel bad for him. He seems so trusting, and..." Shinji trailed off. Dorian struck him as childlike, and he couldn't help but think that it struck him as a little unfair that he'd been pulled into this war, although his life prior to this didn't sound as if it were fun and games, either. If he were to be quite honest, he wasn't all that fussed either way about most of the people on either side. There weren't any he was attached to in any way, shape or form, and as such, their actions were entirely their own.