On Morale

By Corbec's side, Trooper Larkin was cradling his lasgun and looking up at the sky with trembling fear.

'Oh, this is bad,' he murmured. 'Psyker madness, very bad. We may think we had it hard at Voltis Watergate or Blackshard deadzone, but they'll seem like a stroll round the garden next to this...'

'Larks!' Corbec hissed. 'For Feth's sake, shut up! Haven't you never heard of morale?'

Larkin turned his bony, weasel face to his senior officer and old friend in genuine surprise. 'It's okay, colonel!' he insisted. T didn't have me comm link turned on! Nobody heard!'

Corbec grimaced. 'I heard, and you're scaring the crap out of me.'

[Ghostmaker]
{Gaunt's Ghosts Book 2}
Dan Abnett