Chaos At Home

"I couldn't have fought beside more honorable men if I picked them out myself. Go see your families. Sleep in. You have all more than earned your rest."

"When should we report back here, princess?"

Kanami shook her head. "We've been gone at least a year, haven't we? Worry about that, Midas. We're soldiers, but we do not live solely to fight."

Kanami's men bowed deeply and one by one, they all began disappearing from the Euphrates base in Tehom.

All except for one of them, that is.

Monica removed her helmet and began unbuckling her bracers.

"Well… it wasn't the end to the mission that I expected, but the fact that we all made it home safely is more than enough for me."

Kanami growled again and her eyes seemed to grow immensely irritated.

"The nerve of that overgrown dunderhead… Who does he think he is showing up to one of my missions and pulling rank on me like that..?!"