“It wasn’t until the civilians began to enter the scenario that he ran into trouble. At first they appeared only as random by standers, obstacles to be avoided. Then there were more of them, and more, and more. Men and women and children, and suddently FN-2187 could see only them and not the enemy hiding among them.” – Before The Awakening by Greg Rucka
if it happened at all, it happened like that 