Previously she had warned him how dangerous this had all been of course. Naturally, Hyarmenion was more than familiar with the damage that could come to a ship that was mounted with heavy artillery.<br/><br/>For one thing, that sort of knowledge came with the territory of being a strategy officer.<br/><br/>Still, he had gotten back in one piece and without too much damage. "I'm glad that I was able to strike that kind of a blow so quickly. We will need to repair and reload for a little bit of time, though, just like you said before we press on."<br/><br/>Something inside of Hyarmenion had wanted to just continue on. There was no way that he could have asked his men to continue to press on like that though. It wouldn't have been fair at all, even if he had forced himself to do much the same. For that matter, he couldn't have possibly considered it safe.<br/><br/>That would have explained why he was acquiescing to what even Sorin was saying at this point.<br/><br/>Well, he was honestly surprised that she had wanted to get the sick and wounded off. "Honestly, I would like to leave some of the wounded in port on the vessels for the time being. It might be too much of a shock to their systems if we were to move them outright."<br/><br/>Soon enough he looked about carefully and nodded, listening to the news along with her. He hadn't been in direct contact for some time, so he was glad to be for the time being. Exhaling a bit, he focused on the issues that were going on in the greater conflict that was around them.<br/><br/>Eventually, though, he was given a map to better illustrate the issues that he was doing his best to understand. Looking it over he soon nodded and turned back up toward her. "That sounds like a solid defensive system. Like you had said, too, you cannot fight nature easily. Do you think that they had planned something like that from the beginning?"<br/><br/>Many defensive strategists, him included, planned to utilize natural features in order to ensure that they were as well defended as possible. That made trying to get around them complex to say the least, but that made it all the better to prove Hyarmenion's abilities with.