“Is there any reason for you to be speaking to me right now, soldier?”

Graves stops what he’s doing to give his attention. It’s been a busy day so far, but he took every instance of a conversation seriously. A well oiled machine needs to be maintained, after all. So he looked on expectantly, eventually chuckling and shaking his head.

“Come on, now. What’s the matter? Cat got your tongue? We ain’t got all day, unfortunately.”