Zechs wasn't quite going to strip down in front of a stranger, not without permission - but he could get his vest off, too, at least. It's also thick and heavy with the water. He lay it on the grass beside his jacket. The soldier was about to ask him if it's all right if he removed the rest of his clothes -

- and blinked.

"You haven't been briefed on what the Peacekeeper has asked us to do?" Zechs asked him - puzzled but patient. "It has a singular way for us to earn anything - from better accommodations, to clothing, to luxuries."