Hounds who are afraid to die.
Hounds dragged out of their cockpit kicking and screaming, teeth gnashing and blood dripping from their beaten and broken bodies as they beg for their Handler.
Hounds who lay still, who whimper and cry as the light fades from their eyes, their strangled cries and screams overshadowed by the machinery of friendly salvage teams.
Hounds who die alone in service to their Handler who feigns a thin veneer of care.
Hounds who aren't mourned, simply stricken from their Handler's records and their remains scrubbed from the wreckage.
Hounds who are replaced, bodies and souls claimed by the battlefield, their replacement already in tow.