"I've never known when to quit a fight," Ben admitted. It was true. He had a tendency to bet on the underdog or, in this particular case, fight for them. He couldn't simply give up on jaegers when he didn't fully believe that the Wall was going to do them any good. Being passive and idle never did anything to turn the tide of a war.

"I thought about heading to Hong Kong and seeing if they had a place for an old man like me. You don't normally get old enough to have crow's feet as a Ranger." Ben figured he only had a few years or so on Chase but it felt like an eternity.

"Maybe I can get in a few more fights before they decommission all of us."