Aware of Mal looking at her and opting to pretend she didn't notice, she nodded to Kaylee. "Not ... war, exactly. More ..." She licked her lips. "Segregation issues. Which ... is bleeding into a war-like state, yes. There've been a few moves against the president, and ... it's just a really unpleasant environment. For some people."
She really wasn't sure what the climate was like to the normals, but she imagined most of them were untouched. This was sort of a Brotherhood/Government deal, and they were just bystanders occasionally caught in the middle.
Had she personally been involved? No. Was she learning self-defense so that she could keep herself safe when she did get involved? Oh yes.
"I'm one of the neutral parties," Jaime said, in case they got any ideas about her. "Don't support the government, but I don't support the attacks either, so ... I just go to school and try to be the best me I can be."