"Well, I guess if worst comes to worst, attacking swarms is my forte." Minor understatement; before coming here, it's pretty much all he ever did.

He considered Anwei's words. "In other words, we're expendable." For the first time since he could remember, Zouichi found himself wondering what it would be like to simply throw up your hands and give up. It wasn't what he was designed for, trained for, and it certainly wasn't in his nature to do so.

But on the other hand, he'd never been in the situation where his superiors were banking on him failing. That was just plain demoralizing.