[ Trying to keep a distance even when something in him wants the opposite is how he's functioned for most of his life, really, so it's fine with Joshua. Except for the part where it isn't, now, and wanting more than that feels like it's coming from somewhere deeper than it used to. Ignoring his emotions is fine, but this isn't really just an emotion anymore, it's on the level of eating when you're hungry, sleeping when you're tired.
That scares the hell out of him, and like everything else that's ever scared him, the only way he's learned to deal with it is to pretend it doesn't exist and zero in on the task at hand. ]
I did.
[ The mission. Right. The...possible clusterfuck, from what he knows and what he's seen so far; someone's died, and they're apparently bringing people like Bakugo into a situation that is 500% about staying low profile and not causing a scene, and from what Pidge has told him they're still not sure exactly who the Enemy is working through. ]
...hey. Are we...actually qualified for this?
[ General "we." He doesn't feel any doubt about his own presence here, but - ]
Cathaway made it out to be...a biological fluke, I guess. No other rhyme or reason to who's here, and if everyone gets sent straight out on missions...
[ It makes him wonder (worry?) whether everyone is used to this kind of danger. Has skills relevant to any of what's happening. Or whether they've also got civilians who don't have any of the experience or know-how to defend themselves if everything goes pear-shaped. ]
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That scares the hell out of him, and like everything else that's ever scared him, the only way he's learned to deal with it is to pretend it doesn't exist and zero in on the task at hand. ]
I did.
[ The mission. Right. The...possible clusterfuck, from what he knows and what he's seen so far; someone's died, and they're apparently bringing people like Bakugo into a situation that is 500% about staying low profile and not causing a scene, and from what Pidge has told him they're still not sure exactly who the Enemy is working through. ]
...hey. Are we...actually qualified for this?
[ General "we." He doesn't feel any doubt about his own presence here, but - ]
Cathaway made it out to be...a biological fluke, I guess. No other rhyme or reason to who's here, and if everyone gets sent straight out on missions...
[ It makes him wonder (worry?) whether everyone is used to this kind of danger. Has skills relevant to any of what's happening. Or whether they've also got civilians who don't have any of the experience or know-how to defend themselves if everything goes pear-shaped. ]