"I didn't know him all that well," Reno noted. "He's still a second? Daaamn, then I ain't even met him yet. First time I saw him, he was a snotty little first class, tryin' to mess with Turk business in the streets of Sector Eight," he noted.

There was a kind of natural animosity between Turks and SOLDIER. Well. Most Turks. Most members of SOLDIER.

"If he's fifteen, it can't be too long before that, though. Maybe a year before that? An' that was..." He leaned his head back, thinking. "He's got a few years, anyhow." Wait! Uh. "Before he catches up, I mean."

Lying through the skin of his teeth. But Reno was a damn good liar when he had to be.