[b]'The only things to eat out here are scorpions and Neuroi, Sarge and I've heard both are a bit on the crunchy side.'[/b] The witch wasn't what Siobhan had come to expect of a Liberion; she hadn't once been slapped on the back, nor been called a Brit. In fact it was rather refreshing after the labourious time she had spent with Liberion witches based in Britannia. [b]'Honoured, Sergeant Powers. I'm Corporal Siobhan of... well, I don't really have a surname but my documents mark me as 'of Connacht'. I served as a powder monkey in the 7th Armoured before it was transferred here.'[/b] She took the sandwich politely, offering a small curtsey as thanks; upon inspection Siobhan found it to contain... God only knew what meat but cheese possibly..? She paused for a moment, clearly having second thoughts. [i]A tossup between potential food poisoning and offending a superior...[/i] The girl took a deep, bracing breath and bit down into the mystery triangle, unsure of what she was eating and unsure if she really wanted to know... To her pleasant surprise, it didn't taste that bad; Siobhan had expected rat meat or some such thing... Her warning orders had stated that rations were a bit thin on the ground in Africa.

[b]'... Very nice, Sarge. I confess, I was a bit dubious... but yes; thank you. I shall have to bake some crubeens for you in return. May I... '[/b] She steeled herself, determined to ask the question. [b]'May I ask where you got... t-the meat?'[/b] As she stood in trepidation, Siobhan noticed a few of the others making their way out of the hangars toward them. One in particular caught her eye, perhaps due to her ethnicity; a Fuso girl in a flying Strike Unit of a design she had never seen before. Siobhan was about to say hello when she noticed the distinctive looped insignia on her uniform; a bloody [i]officer![/i] The land witch snapped to attention, rigid as a board and pulled off her best salute; she had known that flight witches tended to be commissioned, but hadn't expected to run into one so soon. [b]'Good day ma'am!'[/b] Another witch followed close behind; luckily this one was an NCO too... although she still outranked Siobhan, the girl noted with a sinking heart.