#I originally wrote him sorta lying that he's not part of SOLDIER and then realized chadley could see his mako eyes LMAO

[mezzomorendo]

"Detecting... a SOLDIER First Class?" Chadley comments and immediately wonders if his scanning is malfunctioning. For some reason, he did not recall seeing the man in the active database. What an enigma, he thinks to himself, staring.

Zack froze, mako eyes staring down at this strange lost child. How the fuck--

Nope. Don't freak out. Deep breaths. Kneel down and talk to him at his level.

"Hey, buddy." Zack squatted down to make better eye contact with this weird kid. "What're you detecting? 'Cause I think your thingy's broken."