To what would probably be nobody's surprise, Raines' words were met with what was mostly yet another a bout of silence from the woman sitting across from him. Was he... actually getting caught up in reminiscing here? Claire's lips pressed together; the fact that he was looking upon something like that fondly baffled her, at least on a personal level.
Then again... while she didn't seek to understand his viewpoints, it was hard to miss a realization here in conjunction with recalling old rumors she herself hadn't revisited in several years.
"Yes, well... the Cavalry is a mobile unit by nature," she said after a long moment, in a low but carefully pronounced tone. Where exactly she was going with that, however, wasn't clear at first, and even she seemed to lose track for just a second as the pads of her fingertips tapped idly on her book and she glanced aside. But then, even lower: "I'm guessing the line between at-base and on mission is likelier less well-defined."
Claire knew all too well that by the time they were actually out in the field, she was pretty much expected to know exactly what to do already. Although PSICOM's purpose was supposed to be Cocoon's most elite defense against threats of Pulsian nature, they really didn't do much dealing with monsters like most of the GC did. Claire's experience with PSICOM's interaction with the other half of the military was supplemental at best- providing a source of support should things get out of hand.
-- With people, that is... and with a solid plan already in place. Ironically, the Purge was the first big thing PSICOM had taken on that was as on-the-fly as it was, and while they'd been trained for something like that too...
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Then again... while she didn't seek to understand his viewpoints, it was hard to miss a realization here in conjunction with recalling old rumors she herself hadn't revisited in several years.
"Yes, well... the Cavalry is a mobile unit by nature," she said after a long moment, in a low but carefully pronounced tone. Where exactly she was going with that, however, wasn't clear at first, and even she seemed to lose track for just a second as the pads of her fingertips tapped idly on her book and she glanced aside. But then, even lower: "I'm guessing the line between at-base and on mission is likelier less well-defined."
Claire knew all too well that by the time they were actually out in the field, she was pretty much expected to know exactly what to do already. Although PSICOM's purpose was supposed to be Cocoon's most elite defense against threats of Pulsian nature, they really didn't do much dealing with monsters like most of the GC did. Claire's experience with PSICOM's interaction with the other half of the military was supplemental at best- providing a source of support should things get out of hand.
-- With people, that is... and with a solid plan already in place. Ironically, the Purge was the first big thing PSICOM had taken on that was as on-the-fly as it was, and while they'd been trained for something like that too...