"Whoa, kid, that's not—"

"But you guys do it like that all the time."

"That's in combat."

She raised an eyebrow. "Uh… remind me why I'm doing this again?"

He sighed. "Okay, uh… here. In training, they had us do this." He hooked his thumb into the shoulder joint of his armor.

She frowned and did the same, pushing her thumb under the strap of her tunic. "Why?"

"Uh… gives your hand something to do, maybe? I don't know."

She shrugged and raised the blaster again. "If you say so, Rexter."

The shot wasn't perfect, but it hit the target.