When Sam made his statement about the war and his growing respect for the redhead pilot, he'd hear a small laugh, almost a hybrid between an actual laugh and some sort of scoff, before she spoke back in a light voice. "And if this wasn't a fucked-all war, I'd be willing to take it." With that, she had the Dom give something of a waving motion to the three Gundams as they made their retreat. "Consider this a warm-up for the main event, Gundams. Next time it's no holds barred." Of course, hadn't she said similar words before? It seemed like every time she promised to take the fight serious next time, something happened to make her question her judgement and cause her to hesitate. Still, now wasn't the time for such things, such thoughts. As far as she was concerned, they had curb stomped the Gundams today, though they did get kinda lucky that their sniper was apparently out of commission early, just like Catrina was.<br/><br/>When William was the only one left, making his statement, she responded in kind. "Yeah, I paid you back today for bringing Lulu back to us... Next time, it's for real."<br/><br/>With that Jillian moved to help transport the Dom that had stopped moving when the battle began, and she was surprised to see her rather dark and brooding comrade actually lend her a hand. The man was mute the entire way back to base though, not staying a word the entire time.<br/><br/>..................................................<br/><br/>Isabel was completely silent on the way back, not feeling the need to say anything to anybody. She knew that the questions would be coming soon enough, and honestly, she was dreading the idea of answering them. Still, she owed the other two Gundams her life a few times over, and she figured that had to count for something. Whenever they got back to base, she would have the answers to their questions prepared, and mentally, she would be ready for just about anything to come her way.<br/><br/>She was sure that, at the very least, her superior officer would want an understanding for all the blood that rested on her hands.