I know it's because they're easier to indoctrinate, but, like, fucking use adult soldiers 💀 if your cause is so bad no one wants to do it and you have to groom children into soldiers, I'm not sure it's that good to begin with
it's been a while since I've read this so forgive me if I can't recall, but this felt like the first chapter where it's unambiguous that they're together. Like, before, the only reason I found out that they were supposed to be together was the description