Tera shared her thoughts with Claire, "I knew this was going to be a military assignment, but I was sort of hoping that we wouldn't actually see combat.  Yet we just went through target practice, and are being ordered to practice on these simulations.  And Lieutenant Encarnacion said that we were headed towards the border, so we're bound to see combat.  I've always been told by my parents that it's wrong to hurt a human."

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"H-hey, Mike," Israfil stuttered, suddenly feeling a little embarrassed that he sort of passive-aggressively tried to get Mike's attention.  Still shaken from his ordeal, he wanted someone to comfort him, but he wasn't honest enough to realize that that's what he wanted, he wasn't forward enough to openly ask for someone to comfort him, nor was he comfortable enough with what had happened during training to even want to talk about it.  He suddenly felt as if he was manipulating Mike, which made him hate himself a little and become visibly withdrawn.