[center][h1][color=lightblue]Kalina Kovalic[/color][/h1][/center]

Kalina listened quietly as the princess detailed her version of events. Being attacked through a mist storm? And from an apparent third party to the war, at that. As some others in the squad would say, this was a shitfest. Gerard's follow-up didn't make things any better. Not a single person was on the horn? Wake them up, then. 

If Lieutenant Setzer had any balls at all, he'd contact a colonel or [i]someone[/i] to push this up the chain of command. Unfortunately, she already knew the LT was just a bit of a dick. The way she saw it, Setzer would probably wait until morning to call this in. Which left them with hours on hours to kill. 

Kalina looked between Gerard and Justice, nodding. 

[color=lightblue]"Agreed. Truck won't survive another firefight. Between me and Valerie, engine won't last much longer. I'll take us up to the rest stop once everyone's recovered, but we might have a breakdown. Might have to push the rest of the way up."[/color]

With that said, Kalina looked aside to Justice, murmuring quietly to her so that the princess didn't overhear.

[color=lightblue]"You're sure, boss? If you say so, but I think we're being a little soft on her, off the record."[/color]