[bristle confirmed: his face gets hot with shame.]

I-it's not their fault at all! I know the risks of my job. [though...getting animal parts was never in the handbook, because in what world would that be likely?! besides this one, that is.]

...

[one of their own...]

But I still... [...] It's going to be five months soon, isn't it? They wouldn't...leave Sirius Platoon understaffed so long...