You flinched as Ghost raised his hand, earning him a surprised look.

It was nothing more than a normal reaction, not very cool in the framework of war, but is it bad if it does not affect the performance of missions in any way?

He never cared about you more than the other soldiers. Never spoke more than necessary. You were just one of the particles of gray mass from other soldiers. Maybe he didn't even know your name, or maybe he didn't want to know.

But it shocked the hell out of him.

"What did you just do?" he looked, trying to find in the glimmer of your eyes an answer to one simple question: why do you think about a possible threat from his side? Was there another reason for this?