Tetsuo stood quietly as Kate walked around them, his features calm. When she was done speaking his lips slowly twisted into what could charitably be called a smile, but one that went nowhere near his eyes. His eyes fixed hers as he spoke.<br/><br/>"I am Yamamoto Tetsuo, and I am samurai. Fifteen generations of my family have served the Combine with their lives and their deaths. I graduated from the Sun Zhang military acadamy fifth in my class. I have served with honour in the 14th Sun Zhang Cadre and the 21st Galedon Regulars, slaying those would attack the Combine. I earned my rank of Sho-sa in the 2nd Sword of Light, bleeding the Ghost Bears on Garstadt. I have dueled Clan assault omnis, and come away victorious. I have led elite mechwarriors, commanded combined arms forces and I have bled alongside those under my command. So tell me<em>Major</em>," his voice twisted the title, "from all your no doubt extensive experience, exactly the difference between career military and professional soldier."<br/><br/>He kept his gaze locked on her as he waited on her reply.