Antoine giggled at Howard's use of French and lightly punched his shoulder, saying "Oui, Monsieur." She then casually commented "You know, this team is a bit odd in who it keeps as regulars." She let that comment hang for a moment before continuing "We're always here, so are Imran and Svetlana, yet who else can be called constant? There must be some reason for this. Oui, we are the best in our fields, but isn't the same true for those who cycle out? Why, then, does command always try to hang on to us?" She shrugged slightly at that, adding "It's a mystery, Mon ami, and I don't like things I don't know."

With that, however, she said "Then again, life is full of such things, no?" She then drew her pistol, unloaded it, and pulled a rag from the pocket of her old military jacket that was a constant part of her casual clothing. It was always good to keep it, as cleaning weapons was a productive use of boredom to ensure you didn't have to do it later when more interesting things were happening. She casually sat on the floor and, as she'd done hundreds of times, disassembled the sidearm and began cleaning its component parts. Even as she did this, she said to Howard "You'll have to take me hunting some time, Howie, I'd love to see how my skills compare to the sense of animals."