Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20130810030606/@comment-24891101-20140705142916

Indeed. Our protagonists went to high school to learn how to kill monsters. Then they decided to major in monster slaying. Combined with speculation upthread, Remnant's society is much more acquainted with death than our own. Child soldiers, in this context, seem much less crime against humanity and much more giving them a stake in their  survival.