Sid took a deep breath. He tried his best to attend to what Soldier was saying, but the thought of the incoming explosion had the soles of his feet tingling already. When the other man promptly blasted off, the light and the sudden sound had him flinching reflexively back. He only realized as the other man was descending that he hadn't been looking at his feet at all.

Chest tight with dread and anticipation, he tried to shift his feet apart, pointing the muzzle of the launcher down clumsily and thumbing the safety off. "Y'want me t'-- try 'n do it, or?" he asked the ground lamely.