"Uh-huh." Soldat doesn't trust anybody who says they never have a hard time. But. (Right before a mission is really not the time to get into that kinda things, is it? Yeah, no. But I'm not going to forget it, either.) They've got no desire to upset anyone before they're about to go into action.

So they just offer him a little smile, for now. "I'll try not to worry, then. You sure you got enough rations?" Hefting their bags of trail mixes, soup cups, and such, offering him a final chance to load up.