[h2]Luke Schwarz -- Under Fire[/h2]

[color=9e0b0f][b][i]![/i][/b][/color]

Ahoge standing tall and alert in that typically Luke-ish, expressive way, and his eyes narrowed as they slid towards the Hawk Faunus, teeming with indignation.

[b]"You don't know that."[/b] he adamantly sot back, obfuscating the truth with a frown. [b]"And even if I was, that's a terrible reason to be out here! What did I do to deserve more risk?"[/b]

As they drew up to the truck, in the back of his mind he knew she was playing him. Searching for this very response, a frantic defense of his status as a man. The corners of her mouth twisting upward in a playful smirk gave it away.

And on the front of his mind, he accepted her challenge of verbal sparring whole-heartedly! As J[s]M[/s]CL's closest thing to a diplomat, he wasn't to lose a war of words with his peers, no matter the context!

[color=f9ad81][i]You won't manipulate me so easily,[/i][/color] he vowed as he was being [s]easily manipulated[/s] [i]playing along[/i], as the pair began working on the guts of the truck, keeping their ears open--

[color=fdc68a][i]THAT'S THE PHRASE I WAS LOOKING FOR![/i][/color]

--for any incoming threats.