<strong>Lance Corporal Benjamin Mathias - 3rd Squad - Outside Civilian Colony</strong><br/><hr/><br/><strong>"Maybe he means your ex-girlfriend." </strong><br/><br/>Mathias made an exaggerated flinching gesture to compensate for the expression-concealing helmet, as if the very idea was physically painful for him.<br/><br/>"If that's true we'd be better off callin' in that air support!<em>Mal goffel</em>, it'd be just like her to travel a couple hundred light years just to screw with me."<br/><br/>He didn't seem too eager to stray too far from his position without further orders, and it wasn't likely because of regrets over horrible relationships.  The way he kept scanning the area was more than just the cautious behavior of a soldier.  It was the kind of wary tic that a dog might get when it senses something's off before everyone else in the room.<br/><br/>"This seems less like the site of a struggle, and more like an evacuation.  God only knows why.  Do we have the layout or floor plans for this place?  Any idea where folks would fall back to?"<br/><br/>