((OOC:  Have fun at the anime-con, Saiai!  Don't worry - I'm sure you'll be back in plenty of time for some good action!))<br/><br/>The old man had been rambling about flowers or something similar when Karogen suddenly spoke up.  He paused for a moment, derailed, then said matter-of-factly, "She grew up with it, pal."<br/><br/>-----<br/><br/>The soggy young calf had not been under long, and was soon spluttering and coughing up moat-water on her own.  But when she caught sight of Kitten - a human being - she started scrabbling to get away, screaming for her mother.<br/><br/>Inside the castle and three stories up, her screams carried through the broken window to the humans inside.  Luckily for her, the humans were too busy watching Shark ingest Baron Deral Blotar to pay much attention.<br/><br/>-----<br/><br/>Lentan smirked at Arget's comments.  "You'll all be given some small radios," he said.  "They'll be tuned and encrypted.  The range is very short, though - only a half-mile.  If anyone gets separated you'll be able to regroup.  And don't worry about your mission.  I trust that if you can't find anything obvious on the roof, you know how to keep quiet and break in easily enough."  He pointed at the balaclava and grinned, then turned to gesture at the car he had arrived in - or at least at where it had been.  The bodyguards he had come with had unloaded a large pile of ammunition and equipment into the park from the car's trunk, and the car had since pulled away to retrieve the hang glider he had mentioned.<br/><br/>"In that pile, you all should find ammo, your radios, and all sorts of useful things," he said.  "Don't be greedy, though - take only what you will need.  Colonel Merelli will need the rest for his brigade.  Speaking of which, I don't know if any of you noticed, but Merelli had detailed a few men to clean out your garbage truck.  I suggest you all find some sort of rag to tie over your faces so you don't gag to death on the ride downtown."<br/><br/>He waited for any further questions.<br/><br/>Halvorson noticed Heretic sitting beside the group and quietly approached him.  "You okay, man?"