"Yeah, well, solders also have camouflage. A look you're pulling off pretty good right now, by the way," she says approvingly, giving the dingy exterior a pat as she makes her way back up to the blast wound. Giving him a grin she replaces her gloves and grips a penlight between her teeth, Mikaela starts working her in as far as she can reach to get at that leak.

"After all, you don't want to wear your 'dress blues' in the middle of a stealth mission, or whatever, right?"

It echos a bit weirdly, but keeping up the chatter should be a good distraction.