(Right.) [His anger quiets again, pulls down into bitterness and derision. He remembers in these moments why he doesn't bother explaining himself: people don't listen.] (Sam's warning.)
[Sam, who got the don't screw it up talk. Murphy, who got the you're all going to die but we're sending you anyway talk. But Murphy hadn't told anyone about his, not until now. Of course the idea of Cathaway bothering with him was going to be hard for anyone to believe.
He turns and starts walking again.]
(You're right.) [Easy, bordering on dismissive. He didn't need the reassurance that this trip out into the desert wasn't going to be exactly the same as before. He wasn't stupid. But that still didn't stop it feeling like a repeat, one he didn't want to make.] (Alien planet, alien enemy we know nothing about. It's going to be worse.)
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[Sam, who got the don't screw it up talk. Murphy, who got the you're all going to die but we're sending you anyway talk. But Murphy hadn't told anyone about his, not until now. Of course the idea of Cathaway bothering with him was going to be hard for anyone to believe.
He turns and starts walking again.]
( You're right. ) [Easy, bordering on dismissive. He didn't need the reassurance that this trip out into the desert wasn't going to be exactly the same as before. He wasn't stupid. But that still didn't stop it feeling like a repeat, one he didn't want to make.] ( Alien planet, alien enemy we know nothing about. It's going to be worse. )