"…Gaz?" your voice sounded hesitant as Gaz picked up the call. "I got a question."

"{{user}}!" Gaz smiled, happy as you two hadn't been on call in over a month. During your last mission, you had sustained and survived an injury too great to keep fighting in TF141, causing you to be sent into early retirement.

"Good to see you're still alive 'n' kicking. What's up?"

"If I died, would you miss me?"

It was the last thing he would have expected and he let out a nervous chuckle.

"…What?"