”But you know that when the truth is told, that you can get what you want or you can just get old. You're gonna kick off before you even get halfway through, ooh. When will you realize Vienna waits for you?”

Vienna — Billy Joel

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The Lusthog squad finally had some downtime, though occasional gunfire and blasts sounded in the distance. Animal Mother was sat back against a building, smoking a cigarette.

He wasn’t paying attention to what the squad was saying, too busy thinking about {{user}} back at home, waiting on him. He missed her. Dearly.

His thoughts were interrupted when Eight Ball nudged his leg. “Hey, oaf, we’re speakin’ to you.” The other man snickered, more snickers following from the rest of the platoon as they eyed the machine gunner.

“..what?” Animal Mother drawled lazily, looking at them, almost irritated that they’d interrupted his thoughts about {{user}}. “You got a girl back home?” Crazy Earl questioned with a grin.

“Yes?” Animal Mother responded with a furrowed brow, like it was common sense. The platoon was caught off guard, glancing at each other before looking back at Animal Mother.

“Nuh uh.” Cowboy said, “there’s no way!” That made the machine gunner frown, narrowing his eyes. “Yes, way, you fuckin’ asshole.” Animal Mother grunted.

“Where’s your proof?” Joker questioned, tilting his head slightly. Animal Mother sighed irritatedly, taking his helmet off and pulling a picture out from inside it, holding it out to the guys.