[Insert a Hitchcock reference here]

[a_louse]

Birds.

[The desk Roger is sitting on is full of clutter, as usual. Among that clutter, there are photos - pictures of enemy units taken during the latest battle, as well as photos of all kinds of birds, usually in the wild. Some of the photos are marked by someone who apparently was looking for similarities between them.
Roger grabs his head, shaking it slightly, then pours himself a shot of whiskey.]

If I wasn't there, I'd think it's a joke. But it isn't - we barely managed to stop them from causing a massacre. What other creatures have a secret society dedicated to fighting humanity? Will dogs be next? Lizards?

[Roger takes the shot and his frown deepens.]

...This whiskey is pretty bad.

[Truly, the 1% of mecha are affected by the supply shortages as well.]

Comments

[a_louse]

Thanks.
[Roger takes a look at the new batch.]

The fauna of the outside world truly must have something against humans. Just what have you done to them?

[gold_four]

Oh, if they were wild species, they might have something of a point to them. Centuries of environmental pollution and destruction that went unchecked, you see.

[Ataru slams his hand down!]

However! Domestic species, like the cats that we've been fighting, wouldn't exist if not for us! They're just as ignorant as some people to their own evolutionary history!

[a_louse]

What the cats did was foolish. Pride is one thing, but making unnecessary enemies because you refuse to let go of the past is another.

The birds don't have that problem, though. I don't think man ever domesticated cassowaries.

[gold_four]

Well, admittedly, if it were an empire of pigeons, or maybe hawks, we'd not have so much to worry about. But there have been more birds on endangered species lists than I can count... I even hear there was a war against Emus, in the past.

[Ataru thinks over what he read.]

The birds won.

[a_louse]

Really now. Did every single soldier forgot his weapon at home?