"Don't be so sure until you've played me. I'm not very good yet." Steve laughs, but it's at his own joke, rather than Matt's comment. If the other has figured out howto play pool in his condition, Steve isn't about to doubt it.
"She tried, believe me." Steve shakes his head. "Doesn't seem to have worked though. I only look like it has because the coat's really poofy." Pat pat goes the poofy coat as Steve taps his flat tummy through the layers.
"I told her I'd take the dive on the grenade for my squad. She said it was bad leadership. That I shouldn't have let there be one in the first place. Or something stupid like that. I forget what the exact details were. But she doesn't believe in self sacrifice, and I don't believe a leader is any better than his team. We went back and forth a bit, until she called it a waste. That's when I lost my head." Steve doesn't sound too terribly torn up over it looking back on it. He's had time to study more. And while his stance hasn't changed, he does see the reason one would never want to be put in that position in the first place.
He's just realistic. Sometimes, there isn't an out.
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Date: 2016-02-03 12:12 am (UTC)"She tried, believe me." Steve shakes his head. "Doesn't seem to have worked though. I only look like it has because the coat's really poofy." Pat pat goes the poofy coat as Steve taps his flat tummy through the layers.
"I told her I'd take the dive on the grenade for my squad. She said it was bad leadership. That I shouldn't have let there be one in the first place. Or something stupid like that. I forget what the exact details were. But she doesn't believe in self sacrifice, and I don't believe a leader is any better than his team. We went back and forth a bit, until she called it a waste. That's when I lost my head." Steve doesn't sound too terribly torn up over it looking back on it. He's had time to study more. And while his stance hasn't changed, he does see the reason one would never want to be put in that position in the first place.
He's just realistic. Sometimes, there isn't an out.