What a way to silence him, though. While his heart surges, hammering like a tireless machine fueled by some sort of unstoppable faith in his own might and skill ( he'll do it, just fucking watch him, elliot -- ), there's a lot more to do. He blames it on the rest of the idiots who came before him, the ones who couldn't prevent someone's death. A pack of failures who've all professed that they "know war", like it makes them any better than him.
Before Elliot, he shrinks a little. Burning bright and shaky, as he physically pulls back from his stupid, unimpressed "broodmate". ]
Yes, I do.
[ Because the thought, unbidden, of anybody -- especially this guy before him, who he doesn't know past the quiet yearning in his mind -- getting hurt, dying, is a thought that is far more painful to him than the slightly out-of-his-reach thought that the lives of every alien on these planets is dependent on this team's movements. He doesn't want anybody to die, or even to get hurt. ]
Heroes gotta' make do, no matter the situation they're up against. You don't get to pick and choose the danger you face, you take it all. That's our job. It's what we're trained for. The word "impossible" doesn't exist, for us. I'd pull it off, no fuckin' problem, if I didn't have to keep an eye on all of you on top of it.
[ He says it, and it's cruel. It's mean, it belittles those who've come before him and those who try their best too. It's the only way he knows how to convey the way he feels. ]
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What a way to silence him, though. While his heart surges, hammering like a tireless machine fueled by some sort of unstoppable faith in his own might and skill ( he'll do it, just fucking watch him, elliot -- ), there's a lot more to do. He blames it on the rest of the idiots who came before him, the ones who couldn't prevent someone's death. A pack of failures who've all professed that they "know war", like it makes them any better than him.
Before Elliot, he shrinks a little. Burning bright and shaky, as he physically pulls back from his stupid, unimpressed "broodmate". ]
Yes, I do.
[ Because the thought, unbidden, of anybody -- especially this guy before him, who he doesn't know past the quiet yearning in his mind -- getting hurt, dying, is a thought that is far more painful to him than the slightly out-of-his-reach thought that the lives of every alien on these planets is dependent on this team's movements. He doesn't want anybody to die, or even to get hurt. ]
Heroes gotta' make do, no matter the situation they're up against. You don't get to pick and choose the danger you face, you take it all. That's our job. It's what we're trained for. The word "impossible" doesn't exist, for us. I'd pull it off, no fuckin' problem, if I didn't have to keep an eye on all of you on top of it.
[ He says it, and it's cruel. It's mean, it belittles those who've come before him and those who try their best too. It's the only way he knows how to convey the way he feels. ]