Palmer knows what it's like to face that kind of enemy - one is waiting for him when he leaves the Nexus, and that's a large part of why he's so unwilling to go home.

"Prepare myself?" He shudders, remembering the dog that crept into his room and attacked him. Fighting back hadn't even occurred to him. He'd been an Army mechanic back in the day, but had never actually seen combat. "I don't know about you, hell, I know you won't agree with me. But me? I'd run."