[ he was raised by a military dad, he knows stern and tense staredowns fine enough, and is unfortunately rather blasé about them. particularly unruly student is rather right on the nose. ]

Maybe someone else would do better watching their own ass than worrying about mine.

[ brows lifted and something dry in the comment. what even is the buddy system - he knows guard duty plenty well - stand at post, make sure things don't go in or come out. he used to do nothing but watch them for hours on end. running off to explore the alien forest sounds fun anyway.

because andyr sucks at self-preservation, apparently. ]

You offering to be my buddy? You'll get your pretty new get up dirty.