[Booth comes downstairs to find Brennan in the living room looking at some photos.]
I couldn't sleep.
What are those?
Some pictures I took in Central America and Darfur. [shows Booth a photo of a mass grave] It was impossible to identify all of them.
[picks up a photo of a child soldier] And these soldiers?
They were helping us. I was grateful at the time but..look at them. [points to the photo] Look at him, Booth. He couldn't be more than fifteen! [looks at photo] I thanked him.
You had a job to do.
In Afghanistan, when you see boys like this, do you let them fight?
It was different. There was a protocol.
I should've made sure that he could put down that gun and have a normal life.
What's normal in a war zone, Bones? Really.
Not this. We can never let this be normal, even if they're on our side.
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