Knights are already a rarefied group, higher than the other pilots even if they share the same sleeping quarters and mess hall. And among the Knights, among all those who fly a Valkyrie, Nyx and Cavall are the best known, the ones who (if they ever bothered to wear their dress uniform) bore the most medals.

Which is why it always took new pilots aback to see them down in the hangar with everyone else, Nyx half under their Valkyrie and covered in oil, Cavall nearby cleaning their weapons, always in a back and forth that's got too many languages and inside jokes in it for anyone else to understand.