"Iie." he replied, his voice strangely subdued. "Of all the futures I imagined for myself, this was never one of them." He was silent for a moment or two longer, before he gave himself a slight shake and continued, his tone of voice normal again.<br/><br/>"You are right though. With an enemy in your rear, you may well need to take chances that you normally would not. A wise man once told me 'It is better to be lucky than good'." He glanced sideways at Armina. "But in case you think of trying that maneuver too often, he had another saying. 'No guts, no glory. No brains, same story.' He had many sayings."<br/><br/>Tetsuo led the way across the large expanse of open ground towards the nearest cluster of mech hangers. "Mine is in there," he said, pointing to the closest. "Bay 5. You?"