The attack came without warning.
As had become their standard practice since acquiring the ambulance, they had stopped at midday so as to eat, practice their Suus mahna throws, and perform any necessary maintenance on the vehicle to keep it functional. According to Charles, the ambulance was a wreck and they were lucky to have made it this far without its engine ‘freezing up’ or ‘throwing a rod.’ He often went on at length about the state of the ‘tranny’ or the ‘jug,’ or how the ambulance was barely a ‘four-banger’ despite the size of the engine. Most of the time, T’Pol barely had any idea what Trip was talking about when he began trying to explain what he was doing to the ambulance and why, but she listened quietly and gradually began to comprehend his meaning when he used slang she had
