Gerad had been awake before the stewardess came to wake him, and noted the relief on her face as she noticed his eyes were already open. "it's ok, i don't bite. hard." Gerad smirked a bit as the stewardess's eyebrows shot up into her hairline and a slight smile formed on her face. he felt more than heard Yousef coming up behind him, and wasn't suprised when when he got thumped in the back of the head hard enough to send him facefirst into the seat in front of him. already used to this before missons, he had set up his pillow on the seat in front of him to cushion the impact. he remembered the first mission he had with them. Yousef had just recently gotten used to him being on the team, and started to thump him on the back of the head before every mission. first time Yousef did, it about broke Gerad's nose. it<em>did</em>make it hard to breathe out of his nose for a few days. "i think you've gotten stronger, Tank. i felt the seat through the pillow this time." Gerad straightened his glasses after pulling his face out of the pillow, and grabbed his duffel, having slept with the majority of his gear already in place.