We've been over this already. I don't think of them as children. Circe knows when I was their age, I was fighting, too.

We let them join when there wasn't a choice. Sometimes, I'll note, they didn't give us a choice - and for a long time, there wasn't any other way to make any progress.

But now we can all fight in the open. There's no need for any of them to put themselves on the front lines. I'm well aware that we haven't won yet, which is why they should be kept back. So they'll have the chance to keep the peace once we do win.