"Jesus," Six hundred dollars a year is so little money, even though she knows it would have been more back then, hence - inflation, "That almost makes my mimimum wage jobs seem decent."

But she nods, a little more serious, "I'm not much of a soldier, but this is the first time I've been paid for this sorta thing."

It's not bragging, so much as making sure he knows that she doesn't really care about the money.