[ Retreat is never an option. There is only forward! And he had been sure that they had been having some effect on it. It had been slowing down. He had been sure just a little more, a little longer and they would have had it. Instead, they were torn away before they ever got the chance to know if they even could. The Natha had decided for them that it was too much for them.

And now the planet, the world, everything was frozen. ]

It's not right, Major General. You don't just rip your troops off the battlefield in the middle of a fight! They've left innocent people unprotected, and the second time starts again, they'll be toast and we'll be up here.

[ Still, she has a point. A knight wouldn't attack an opponent that couldn't fight back. It wasn't chivalrous. He hates the dark voice in his heart that says that this once he could compromise his morals. It sounds a lot like Gabriel Reyes. ]

...No. But it's still wrong. They didn't even give us a chance. It was slowing down! We were doing it. I know we were.