Shigure looked back at the stormy clouds that floated above them and covered almost three quarters of the sky above them, the remaining blue sky only visible behind them as it was the only indication that the weather beyond this storm was a fine summer day, the dark clouds threatening to plunge the 1st Fleet into complete darkness as peals of rumbling thunder sounded out, a warning for the foolhardy fleet to stay away.
Junyou and Hiei then looked away, noticing something appear on their powerful radars.
Shigure and Tenryuu, both being quite jumpy from the tension that permeated the air, gripped their weapons a little tighter, but Hiei relaxed and Junyou lost interest as the flagship notified the 1st Fleet about the incoming allied fleets, calling out.
"Our reinforcements from the Miura and Tateyama Naval Base are here."
The entire fleet exhaled a little as they let down their guard somewhat upon seeing the allied fleets arriving and significantly boosting their numbers.
Shigure could now spot them on the peripheral of her radar, noting the amount of reinforcements sent to improve their odds of victory.
According to what she learnt from the Coordinators, they were the 3rd Fleet of the Miura Naval Base and the 2nd and 4th Fleet of the Tateyama Naval Base.
Assuming that each fleet had 6 ship girls in them, that meant that they would be sending in 18 ship girls in total to help them.
Add Yokosuka's 1st and 3rd Fleet to that, and Shigure was looking at 30 ship girls against 40 Abyssals.
Junyou piped up, having received another transmission from what Shigure surmised was the Coordinators again, updating the 1st Fleet about recent developments.
"Mutsu's replaced Nagato in the 3rd Fleet this time, and they're more than an hour behind due to Mutsu's slow speed as a battleship. They'll be joining us soon enough."
Hiei nodded resolutely, looking back as she commented offhandedly.
"Nagato's training right now. Didn't surprise me that Mutsu'd take her place."
Shigure looked away and looked in the direction of the island that appeared on her HUD, Miyake Island being represented as a large blue blob on her radar.
As she watched the lightning rod tutorial, time had seemingly passed her by as she saw that it was 3.39 p.m. in the afternoon, having failed to keep track of the time while watching Akashi's educational video.
She might have to work on that in the future.
But upon seeing the fleet of allies approach her, she could see that some of them were familiar, while others were not.
The incoming fleet was split into a smaller and larger group, Shigure surmising that the smaller group had to be from the Miura Naval Base, since they could only afford to send one fleet to assist them.
The flagship was wearing a miko uniform and golden winged headdress that was similar to Hiei's, this battleship possessing a quiet and compassionate air around her compared to Hiei's headstrong and dependable aura.
The only noticeable difference between their uniforms was that Hiei's sister had a red dress while Hiei was wearing a green dress, both barely covering their thighs.
Her eyes were a kind amber color and she had a compassionate shine in her eyes that Shigure found in ship girls like Furutaka, Houshou and Haguro, amongst others.
She had grayish-black hair that flowed down her back and reached her rigging, Shigure wondering if her long hair posed a hazard as it could get entangled in the moving battleship cannons.
Although she was leading the fleet, she seemed to be very heavily attuned to the needs of her comrades, always chatting with them as they approached Shigure's fleet.
Shigure identified her as Haruna, one of the Kongou-Class battleships.
Shigure had heard Hiei talk about her sisters, and she addressed the last two as Haruna and Kirishima, having met Kongou before and had heard Hiei's description of them while taking a break during a training session.
Haruna was talking to Kasumi, Shigure already picking up a few vulgarities being spewed from the destroyer's mouth.
Kasumi also had long grayish-silver hair forming a side-ponytail, her uniform consisting of a white short-sleeved shirt underneath a suspender skirt, wearing black arm warmers despite the summer weather.
Although now that Shigure thought about it, they were headed straight into a storm where the temperature would drop significantly, and it made more sense for her to wear them in this context.
The destroyer's face was contorted in a scowl as her yellowish-brown eyes were harsh and sharp, her face obviously displeased with the very notion of having to sortie when the weather was only going to get worse.
But Haruna didn't seem to be fazed as she shrugged off all the scathing words that flowed from the foul-tempered destroyer's mouth, doing her best to soothe Kasumi's fiery temper as they approached.
The rest of the fleet was made up of cruisers and destroyers, Shigure identifying Hibiki and Naka amongst them.
The two remaining light cruisers stuck close to each other, and judging by the numerous torpedo launchers they were carrying, it was safe to assume that they were torpedo cruisers.
The color of their sailor uniforms were a mix of mild green and beige, with green stripes on them to add variety to the color scheme as it revealed their abdomens.
One of the ship girls had long black hair tied in a braid, blunt bangs and her hair was styled like a princess with the low ends tied up neatly.
She was looking pretty self-assured, Shigure not finding it surprising as she was a member of the powerful torpedo cruiser class and her rigging had been upgraded to carry quintuple torpedo launchers to launch devastating torpedo salvos.
The ship girl list she had in her mental archive identified her as Kitakami, a light cruiser that could be upgraded to torpedo cruiser class.
Her sister ship was no different, Shigure noting the similar uniform and rigging.
The difference was in their looks, as Ooi had brown eyes, long brown hair that was stylized to be smooth and silky, and she had a respectable chest size as she cuddled her headstrong sister, Shigure remembering descriptions of them being a couple, or at least that was how it was in Ooi's head as the brown-haired ship girl was heavily infatuated with her sister ship.
This was especially evident as this Ooi had heart-shaped pupils while in proximity to Kitakami, one of the symptoms of "lovesickness", according to manga Shigure took the time to read.
But they formed a pretty cohesive fleet, seeing that the 3rd Fleet of the Miura Naval Base had all its bases covered, Haruna's status as a fast battleship allowing her to bring a respectable level of firepower to the table while moving at a respectable pace.
She would be protected by Kasumi, Naka and Hibiki, Ooi and Kitakami rounding out the team by providing torpedo strikes to cripple any Abyssals who got in their way.
Shigure looked away to focus on the two fleets that were from the Tateyama Naval Base.
Shigure heard about them being very close to the neighboring Yokosuka and Miura Naval Base, and the three bases often had its ship girls meet up to sortie together or dock at each other's bases from time to time.
And as they were the closest to the Pacific Ocean and had the support of the mighty Yokosuka Naval Base, they were often considered one of the stronger bases around as they were often called up quite often to help other bases in Eastern Chiba due to their proximity to the ocean, only outmatched by the Yokosuka Naval Base itself.
The flagship of the first fleet was a bubbly-looking heavy cruiser, with a blue beret that looked similar to the one Maya wore while possessing long, silky blonde hair that also came down to the the curve of her back (seriously, weren't all these ship girls afraid of having their hair getting caught in their riggings?).
Her eyes were a bright emerald, reflecting her cheerfulness and passion as Atago gave everyone a warm smile, wearing some sort of long-sleeved uniform resembling a nightgown that reached down to her calves, white lines reaching down its uniform as she wore black gloves and black stockings that reached up her black miniskirt and (somewhat) protecting her modesty.
Her rigging surrounded her waist whilst resembling a ice cream tub, and some of the machinery was stuck on her side while fitting snugly in the space underneath her armpits.
Her collar looked pretty flashy for a heavy cruiser, and Shigure had tried to avert her eyes from the one location that Atago's uniform was struggling to contain.
Her massive breasts.
She didn't think too much about breast envy, seeing that some of the heavy cruisers like Aoba and Atago and most of the battleships (save Hiei; no offense) were older, were well-armored and had a developed body.
But she certainly felt this slight urge to strive to grow up a little faster now and improve on various aspects of her body, muscle mass and height being two of them.
Shigure shook her head to try and get back on track, observing the fleet that was now within range and no longer required the use of her bionic eyes' zoom function to spot them.
Atago was leading a fleet of heavy and light cruisers, herself being one of them.
Next to her was her sister that shared the same uniform, beret, rigging and chest size.
Shigure tore her eyes from her massive breasts and tried to take in the details of the heavy cruiser that she would soon be working with.
Takao had short black hair that, although mostly combed down, still had some split ends and was somewhat disheveled, although it only served to accentuate her beauty.
She had the same uniform top, a long-sleeved ocean blue uniform with white stripes and lapels along with a white napkin of sorts wrapped around her neck and was styled like a tie.
The main difference between Takao's outfit and Atago's was that Takao wore a mini-mini-skirt that barely covered anything, her black stockings held up by a garter belt styled with plane-shaped clips.
She had blood-red pupils that seemed to contrast with her sister, and she had large breasts, being rather reserved compared to Atago and shaping up to be the level-headed one of the duo.
She was conversing with another heavy cruiser that had lite green hair, and had a brown uniform blazer covering her white long-sleeve working shirt underneath.
Suzuya's eyes were a lighter shade of green, colored more like moss as she carried her equipment around either on her back, on slings that were slung around her shoulder and rested on her hips, or stuck on her thighs to be picked up like holstered guns.
She was carrying a flight deck that was shaped a little bit like a flat steel board with a shelled steel bottom, the flight deck wrapped around her left forearm like a shield as she wore shoulder plates for protection.
She wore a pretty monochrome dress, with a dark brown blazer, a pleated dress that was a shade lighter.
And finally, her stockings were, surprise, surprise, an even lighter brown.
Suzuya's hair was one of the few things that helped her stand out amidst the crowd along with her exuberant personality that contrasted with her conversational partner, looking like a good comrade for anyone to befriend.
Shigure could feel the welcoming air around her, something that would have likely drawn in someone as quiet and professional as Takao since her sister was busy coordinating the movements between the bases as she led the fleet.
Suzuya was an aviation cruiser, specializing in carrying and sending out seaplanes and could participate in aerial bombardment attacks.
Shigure noted the few light cruisers in Atago's fleet that were armed to the teeth in order to combat the Abyssal menace.
Isuzu was one of them, carrying two assault rifles made out of steel, one equipped with a 25 Mm Triple Auto-cannon and a Type 3 Depth Charge Projector to act as both an Anti-Air and Anti-Sub assault rifle.
The second rifle had an 12.7 Cm Twin Gun Mount attachment, another Anti-Air handheld weapon that was nested underneath Isuzu's armpit and was slung over her shoulder to secure it around her torso.
Her short skirt was red in color, and she had on a white, sleeveless sailor girl uniform with grey colored arm warmers and a brown ribbon tied around her white sailor collar.
Her hair was styled in long twin tails that was held up by white ribbons, and had a steel hairband holding the hair on her head down.
Her hair was a dusty-blue with perhaps a tinge of green, the bangs on her top left forehead swept to the side, and her eyes were a turquoise green as she had a warm smile on her.
Her chest was also rather large.
She had white colored thigh-highs, and her rigging was well-armed with small Anti-Air machine guns mounted on extended platforms, two torpedo launchers mounted on the sides of the rigging as well as two rows of Anti-Sub depth charges placed on each side of the chimney stack.
Shigure could see the Imperial Chrysanthemum on the bow of Isuzu's boat slipper, and Shigure was notified that Isuzu was a Kai Ni light cruiser.
The last two members of the fleet were also light cruisers, neither one of them having achieved Kai.
Kinu was a teenage girl that had orange eyes and short red hair that flared out at the neck, her reddish eyebrows creased with worry as she carried her two cannons on her arms, designed to be wielded on her forearms and not held by hand.
Her school uniform was dual-colored in white and a strange shade of green or cyan, the light cruiser carrying her comparatively large rigging that had two cannons sticking out its side.
Her rigging was somewhat unique in that her rigging had a steel railing installed, allowing anyone to hold onto her rigging for whatever reason.
And the last light carrier was Junyou's sister ship, seeing that Junyou had her attention on her as the Tateyama naval fleets approached.
Even if they didn't look anything like each other, Shigure knew that looks weren't a reliable way to identify sister ships, thinking about how different she and Yuudachi looked, her sister having blonde hair and green eyes while she had black hair and blue eyes.
But one of the few surefire ways to identify them was through their uniforms, and Hiyou's uniform was identical to Junyou's, what with the same red hakama, white blouse with red trimmings, gold accessories and the magatama, Hiyou holding her flight deck that came in the form of a scroll.
Her black hair was long and was styled in a princess cut with the bangs hanging down her forehead in a uniform length, and two white ribbons behind her head were likely added as a fashion statement and probably didn't serve any practical purpose.
Her rigging was also pretty much non-existent like Junyou's, the light carrier carrying herself with a dignified air as she politely bowed towards 1st Fleet of Yokosuka, her polite and subdued personality contrasting with Junyou's outgoing personality.
The next fleet was the support fleet, but was no less important to the mission as they backed up the main Tateyama fleet.
Tama was leading the support fleet, being created with some sort of cat motif in mind that really showed from her looks and behavior.
She had soft red eyes with short pink hair that curled inwards, and her sailor school uniform was white with a cyan trim, a dull red ribbon tied and hung around her sailor collar like a neck tie.
Her sailor school uniform had shorts on instead of the usual dress, and her boat slippers covered significantly more than what a normal ship girl's boat slipper would, looking more like a shoe instead of a slipper.
She had on a shoulder cannon on her left shoulder that was currently inactivated and pointed upwards for safety reasons, and her seaplane catapult was on her right shoulder.
Shigure noticed Tama's Kanji name "多摩" inscribed on the side of her rigging in black ink while Tama's fingers twitched as they tried to resist forming claws, Shigure barely making out a sharpened tooth that formed something like a cat's fang and added to her charm as an innocent light cruiser.
But Shigure didn't doubt her ability as a leader if she was chosen to be the flagship on such an important mission.
One of her teammates was a heavy cruiser that had short, messy black hair that had hadn't been combed, as well as an ahoge on the location where her hair whorl was, possessing half-lidded cyan blue eyes that were barely showing underneath her mop of hair.
Kako's rigging was mounted on her shoulder blades, and her cannons were placed on her right arm while cables and steel beams led back up to her shoulder rigging, forming an arm cannon of sorts.
Her left shoulder rigging resembled a steel plate where a twin barreled cannon was located, and her chimney stack was located at the spot on her spine in between her shoulder blades, with two torpedo launchers attached to her hips.
Her sailor school uniform was tailored in such a way that it exposed much of her abdomen as her sailor uniform top was considerably shorter than normal, and her uniform was red, white and blue in color.
She had two hair pins on her left temple in an attempt to tidy up her hair.
She looked rather sleepy and was sleepwalking as she followed in the light cruiser's wake, not bothering to take up leadership as she seemed like the type to be laid-back and follow orders calmly and obediently.
Next to her was a fretting Kinugasa, the Kai heavy cruiser doing her best to guide Kako in the right direction whenever she started drifting off course due to her sleepiness.
Oboro followed behind them, the most prominent thing about her being her golden-colored hair being swept back behind her head like Hiei's was.
Wisps of curled hair protruded from her forehead as she had similarly colored pupils in her wide eyes, a bandage stuck to her right cheek.
Her sailor uniform was a standard navy blue and white, and she was holding a 10 Cm Twin High-Angle Cannon with her left hand, and had two torpedo launchers strapped to her thighs.
Her chimney stack was rather large for a destroyer, and Shigure wasn't sure about the next detail, but there seemed to be a crab that was nesting in one of the observation decks of the rigging, likely her pet or something.
Wakaba was beside her, the destroyer having rich auburn short hair that was parted to show her sharp yellow eyes and dour face.
She had on a black-and-white suit that was similar to Hatsushimo, except that Wakaba had her blazer unbuttoned to reveal the white shirt underneath, a loosened red necktie hanging around her slightly unbuttoned collared shirt.
Her black skirt covered up whatever skin that might have been revealed by her thigh-highs, and while she was comparatively shorter than her comrades, she didn't look any less threatening as her professional expression betrayed no fear or weakness.
The cannons that she carried around seemed to be a little too big for her, but didn't seem to matter to her as she effortlessly hauled around a 12.7 Cm Twin Gun cannon in her right hand, while keeping another stored as it hung from the rigging behind her.
There were also three torpedo warheads jutting out from her left waist, showing that she was pretty well-armed to fight any battle.
Umikaze was the last of the Tateyama ship girls, Shigure's heart dropping upon seeing one of her sisters out on the battlefield with her.
But she kept her mouth shut as she knew that she had no right to force a sister ship who wasn't even from her own base to leave the battlefield, not when Umikaze was a ship girl and could hold her own in a firefight.
She could only hope that she was strong enough to watch her back and protect her in the upcoming battle.
She noted that her sister ship's hair was naturally colored white to distinguish herself from the fleet, and also had ocean-blue eyes to match her name as "sea wind".
Her sailor uniform was unconventional as it was designed with an oceanic color scheme in mind, and the sailor uniform itself was black and white with one vertical white stripe down the center.
Her black miniskirt, long gloves and white sailor collar had thin blue stripes on them, and whatever skin that might have been revealed by her black thigh-highs was instead covered up by the thick steel torpedo launcher straps that were snugly wrapped around her thighs.
Shigure could spot a snow-white braid trailing behind her, and she was holding a 12.7 Cm Twin Barreled Cannon in her left hand, leaving her right hand free to act.
One thing she noted about all the ship girls present was that they all had the same lightning rod attached to their rigging, thus protecting them (for the most part) from lightning strikes.
Shigure, along with the 1st Fleet, bowed to the approaching fleets as the flagships stepped out front and introduced themselves to the 1st Fleet.
Atago began the conversation, waving her arms about in a way that only an energetic busty blonde could, causing her bosom to shift in very distracting ways as she started.
"Hi! I'm Atago, and I'm the flagship of the 2nd Fleet that you see behind me!"
Atago turned to motion to her fleet, and causing her breasts to shift about, thankfully held back by whatever ungodly sized bra that she wore.
Kuma bowed respectfully to the other senior ship girls gathered around, introducing herself as the flagship of the 4th Fleet with a very noticeable verbal tic.
"My name is Kuma, and I'm the leader of the 4th Fleet of the Tateyama Naval Base, nya!"
Haruna bowed as she introduced herself and her fleet.
"Greetings. I am Haruna, and I lead the 3rd Fleet of the Miura Naval Base."
And as Haruna righted herself, she shot Hiei a glance, to which she acknowledged with a firm nod despite not being sisters from the same base as she introduced her own fleet.
"We're the 1st Fleet of the Yokosuka Naval Base, and I'm the Emperor's battleship, Hiei!"
Hiei turned to point to the distance at Miyake Island, barely visible over the horizon as she looked back to the ship girls that she was to lead as she addressed them all.
"Beyond Miyake Island is Mikura Jima Island, and that's where we're going to engage the Abyssals. The 3rd Fleet of the Yokosuka Naval Base isn't going to be here until later due to Mutsu's slow speed as a slow battleship. But we can take them! As long as we stick together and come up with a strong formation to stick to and endure this storm, we'll repel their invasion and go home soon enough!"
Kitakami raised her hand, eager to get a word in edgewise about her greatness and what she was going to contribute to the battle.
"Don't worry, y'all! Super Kitakami-sama's here to drop the Abyssals with her devastating torpedo strikes!"
Followed by Ooi's passionate follow-up.
"And I'll torpedo anyone who dares to hurt Kitakami-sama!"
Kako seemed to be awakened by the boisterous duo's boasting as she sleepily mumbled, loud enough for all to hear as she tried to one-up the torpedo cruisers with the next "boast".
"Mmh… I'll go 'pew pew'... and the Abyssals will want to go sleep…
Oh wait… that's meee ZZZZZZ…."
Everyone giggled at the heavy cruiser's attempt at a bad-ass boast as Tenryuu exclaimed, eager to speak up for her own fleet as well.
"Hey, don't forget us, the 1st Fleet of the Yokosuka Naval Base! With us here, we'll cut down any Abyssals that dare poke their heads out of the water!"
Haruna raised her hands in a placating gesture, trying to restore order as Shigure leaned in to ask Ayanami in a hushed tone.
"I know that we have two fast battleships, but isn't this a little too risky since they have more manpower? For all we know, they may have Abyssal battleships underwater, ready to encircle us and wipe us all out."
Ayanami leaned in to respond.
"Well, you're right in that we currently don't have the technology to reliably track all the Abyssals that are underwater, especially in an ocean as large and deep as the Pacific.
But if they were indeed sailing around in large enough numbers while underwater, rest assured that the trackers stationed on the islands would have picked up hints of an ambush. These are considered our waters in the Safety Zone, and that reason is exactly why they regularly attack these islands and we have to protect them."
Ayanami craned her neck to look at Shigure directly, reassuring her.
"Rest assured that if anything were to go awry, we can retreat at any moment.
These aren't the worst odds we're going up against, 30 against 40."
Shigure raised an eyebrow at that, and Ayanami's face darkened as she leaned in to let Shigure know of worse odds.
"Both sides have scored some major victories despite facing overwhelming odds, like in the defense campaign of South-East Asia in 2012 and the disastrous Battle of the Indian Ocean in late 2004."
Shigure's other eyebrow raised at that, asking incredulously.
"B-But how?"
Ayanami shook her head, a coy smile on her face as she decided to keep Shigure in suspense, knowing that it'll probably keep her alive as she craved to find out more about the battles and tactics used, only revealing.
"These aren't the worse odds we could have gone up against. The Abyssals often throw numbers at us, which is not always the deciding factor in a battle. I know that we can win this, given enough time to formulate a decent strategy."
Motioning towards the flagships of the four fleets that were gathered together and were discussing tactics.
But Shigure was rather pensive, thinking about the situation at hand and wondering out loud.
"But why do I feel so uneasy? Like… Like there's going to be some nasty surprise waiting in store for us? And don't get me wrong…"
Shigure looked towards Ayanami with a look of concern, clarifying something.
"It's not the Admiral's fault. It's just that the bad weather may be used to hide something from us, and it may just be my pessimistic nature at work again, but I'm still scared."
Ayanami took on a thoughtful look as she looked out towards the turbulent ocean, the dark clouds engulfing the skies and plunging the four fleets into darkness and looked as if the cloud masses could break out into tears and drench them all at any moment.
Some of the clouds above them had peals of thunder jumping from point to point, a warning to the ship girls as the lightning produced a small light show for the ship girls.
Kasumi, Oboro, Hibiki, Umikaze and Wakaba joined them as the foul-mouthed ship girl of the Asashio-Class talked about the Abyssal threat.
"Mahh, the Abyssals aren't even going to be a warm up for the mighty 3rd Fleet of the Miura Naval Base! The one thing we should worry about is whether we're going to catch a cold after going home, the kuso Admiral!"
Shigure cringed at the language that the destroyer used to address her commanding officer, but one look from Ayanami and a slight shake of her head with her creased eyebrows told Shigure all that she needed to know and was a clear indicator for her to leave things well alone.
But Wakaba had a calm and collected voice as she tried to back up Shigure's concerns, understanding the need for constant vigilance, especially when it was the Abyssals that they were going up against with their unknown means and enigmatic plans.
"It's not always a bad thing to be a little paranoid when thinking about what the Abyssals are going to do next. Looking at the bad weather, it isn't out of the question to think that they may do something unexpected to catch us off guard."
But Oboro was eager to try and protect the islands that were Japanese territory, what with Japanese citizens and sailors stationed there for civilian and military purposes respectively.
"Nevertheless, we should still protect our territories! We'll show them that we won't let them take an inch of our land!"
And Umikaze agreed, albeit doing her best to keep things civil as she didn't want the impressionable destroyers to get carried away.
"Yes, but we have to calmly analyze the situation and make the right decision.
Isn't that right, Shigure?"
Shigure twitched upon her sister calling her name, the few destroyers that formed a circle looking to her as Shigure's breath caught in her throat.
She looked at her sister ship Umikaze, and she saw that her sister was doing her best to try and get to know her, her kind eyes wordlessly trying to reach out to her as a sister ship, Shigure understanding the look in her eyes as her sister tried to get her to engage in the conversation instead of being brooding and silent, which she had to admit, she kind of was.
Shigure sighed, thinking about something to add to the conversation as she thought about her bad feeling, finally responding.
"Well, I'm afraid of the Abyssals trying something funny. Even though I recommend that we proceed with caution, especially in this weather, I don't think that we should be scared off simply because of the incoming storm. But that doesn't mean that we shouldn't consider retreating if things do go south. We will protect the Izu Islands."
Hibiki nodded, having silently positioned herself beside the Shiratsuyu-Class destroyer to pat Shigure on the shoulder as she did her best to try and bolster Shigure's confidence in her words.
Despite being destroyers that were from different, albeit neighboring, bases, they were likely to meet each other on future sorties, and Shigure appreciated the destroyers smiling in agreement.
Hibiki gave her a small yet encouraging smile, while Wakaba and Oboro were cheering each other on and becoming more and more enthused about the upcoming battle where they could go all out.
Umikaze looked somewhat relieved upon Shigure looking to her and giving her a firm nod to wordlessly display her determination and drive, allowing her sister to lower her head and nod slowly as a small yet relieved smile graced her face.
Kasumi took center stage by reassuring Shigure of the outcome simply due to her presence on the battlefield, raising her voice while still getting the point across that she was to be counted on, exclaiming.
"Ahh, don't worry your pretty little head about such things. This is nothing compared to some of the things that the 3rd Fleet's been through and won! If you find things too difficult for you, don't hesitate to stand behind and follow me!"