Erich rubbed the bridge if his nose with two fingers, then shrugged. "Sorry for snapping at you Ranna; It's been a hard few days, and the stitches in my side aren't making my temper any nicer. As for the somewhat-mistaken assumption in regards to your tone, well, you don't become a Hauptmann in the LCAF without having all the shit roll uphill and downhill. Old habits, hard to break, so on and so forth. It's not much of an excuse, so, let's call things square on that regard. Now, this isn't exactly the best time and place to have this sort of discussion, so if you'll want to postpone it until we can have a proper sit-down talk about your ideas, then we might be able to hammer some stuff out."<br/><br/>He paused, then chuckled slightly. "You also forgot that Alroy's been using that Crab of his to hunt Heavies and Assaults for the last Twenty years; His Kill count, if he ever bothered to actually count, probably exceeds entire battalions by now. I long ago gave up on even pretending to count my kills; I usually made Walt tally them up because I was busy rebuilding my 'mech to care about adding more markers to it."<br/><br/>Turning his head slightly, he noticed the newcomer drifting towards the small group, then nodded slightly. "Mister Hennesy. As for 'missing the show', well, the longer you're in any unit, the more of a show you get."