TSW 7: Kasra/Arina talk (and fight)

Arina   pulls Kasra aside into a private corner at some point. "Right. So. How recovered are you?"
    Kasra   "Oh, my, how forward." A grin is concealed after a half of a second by a faux cough. "I feel much better, almost completely."
    Arina   "Good, I've been owing you this since halfway through the battle."
    Arina   doesn't wind up at all and slaps him completely out of nowhere.
    Arina   folds her arms across her chest. "Don't just 0x1dgive up0x1d on your life! And have some sense of self-preservation! We need you alive, damn it!"
    Kasra   "I...sorry I..." Kasra steadies himself, and  gingerly touches his face. "Please, try to control yourself and act with some degree of proffesionalism. What is your complaint." As he speaks, it is almost visible to the naked eye how he shifts into a mint condition toy soldier.
    Arina   "My complaint is your inefficient allocation of resources. We are a team. Sometimes one of us needs to protect the others and draw the focus of the enemy, but that needs to stop before that one 0x1ddies0x1d, because the pilot and Outrider are both nearly irreplaceable."
    Arina   "Sacrifice yourself and you sabotage the mission."
    Arina   "You're alive. Stay alive as long as you're able, don't just give up on it the minute the first challenge appears. We need you alive."
    Kasra   "With all due respect, I am not dead, and Unit 3 can easily be repaired. My allocation of resources, as you crudely call it, was perfect. Medium damage to one unit, minor psychological backlash to one pilot, and the rest nearly unharmed."
    Kasra   "I had no intention of jeapordizing METI equipment or mission parameters for some personal desire."
    Kasra   "Is that all, Pilot Alkaeva."
    Kasra   *"Is that all, Pilot Alkaeva?"
    Arina   raises an eyebrow. "You don't, do you?"
    Arina   "Mm. I suppose it is." She turns on her heel and stalks off.
    Kasra   clenches his fists before pursuing her. "No, no it's not, actually."
    Arina   comes to a halt, and turns to face him again. "It isn't, mm?"
    Kasra   "Where do you get off criticizing /my/ 'reckless' behavior? You've ignored solid tactical advice to leave a damaged outrider in a potential combat zone and sent a civillian to re-establish contact in an unknown scenario! You are so determined to play the hero that you refuse to stand in line, ranging out to the point that unit cohesion is strained to non-existant! I asked you if you thought...
    Kasra   ...you were prepared to be a soldier, and you told me no! You don't get to reprimand me for protecting you!"
    Arina   hums. "One way to look at it, I suppose."
    Kasra   "Oh, a hum, surprised you didn't laugh at it. Never mind, I should have known better. I'm heading back to Reagan's room, but maybe you should be getting home, hm?"
    Kasra   brushes past her, with a perfectly clear attempt to shoulder ram past Arina, which he just as blatantly aborted at the last second.
    Arina   "Another way to look at it: 02/A is massively optimized for forward melee combat. Unit cohesion is not 'everyone in the same place', it is 'everyone in the appropriate place'."
    Arina   "I have no intention of dying in this war, Kasra. That means I need you alive as long as possible to keep that from happening. I won't break at a little love tap, and 02/A is one of the most survivable units on the squad. I am perfectly fine taking a hit or two if that keeps you alive long enough to help me survive the 0x1dactual0x1d threats."
    Kasra   If he heard, Kasra gave no indication.
    Arina   purses her lips and walks away.