[Seriously, what was it with people running into Squall, figuring out who he was, and then not warning him? For a second Nida looks ready to say something harsh, to snap at Billy, but then he shakes the impulse off. He didn't do it to Seifer, he won't do it to Billy. He's just... he's just uncomfortable.]

He's my roommate. Nothing like someone whose very voice makes you want to snap to attention sleeping in the next bed. And, Hyne, if you only call that a not good day, I'd hate to see your bad ones, beloved. He still had shrapnel in him when I found him last night. Was up late taking him to get medical attention and feeding him.

[Somewhere along the line, a nurturing instinct had taken over, and Nida had just fussed over his superior officer. And danced around the fact that he hated that subordinate relationship. That was someting he was going to have to deal with.]

I think I'd prefer strays to people that I'm hard-wired to obey.