Aren moved quickly into the shower room, head down. The designers of the base had failed to remember that soldiers came in two genders, and therefore neglected to make seperate shower facilities. Aren stripped hurriedly, revealing a scar along his left side. It was an old wound, from a piece of Jessica Carmichael's mech when it blew. She was his first love, first sexual encounter, but a terrible mech pilot. When her mech was badly damaged in combat, she couldn't eject. Aren had left his mech (A Cardinal sin for a pilot), and had been tugging on the hatch when it blew, sending him backward, and hospitalizing him for a month. Now, the scar served as a permanent reminder of what had occurred years ago.<br/><br/>Extending his arms, Aren leaned his weight against them, closing his eyes and letting the cold water run over him. Combat had taken a toll on him today, he could feel bruises on his shoulders forming slowly.