The other soldiers each received a piece of bread and ladled some soup into their cups, eating with alternate sips of soup and bites of bread.
Dan handed the last cloth bag to Winters, "Commander, this is yours."
"Oh, thank you," Winters took the bag and, like the soldiers next to him, casually found a rock to sit on.
As soon as he sat down, the soldiers from Taylor's squad stopped eating.
In the Vineta army, not only do officers eat differently from soldiers, but they actually never dine with the soldiers. There is no sense of unity between officers and soldiers, only distinction.
So when they saw Warrant Officer Montaigne taking a seat next to them, the soldiers from Taylor's squad were all taken aback, exchanging glances, uncertain of what to do next.
"What's wrong? Why aren't you eating?" Winters found it very strange to see that everyone had stopped eating.