The Soldier didn't blame Tommy. He didn't understand the depth of the bond between them on more than an academic level but that hardly mattered; it existed. That was all he needed to know.

"Ideally," he started, "if we have to fight, it would be together, and not against each other. But I don't think we can trust the Agrii to keep things that way. I stil can't figure out why they lured you into the chamber. What were they after?"