Not an expected answer. It doesn't seem like a lie, though. Too calm, but at the same time not quite easy enough to be flippant. Almost has a shade of pleasure to it. (Maybe the young and the brave like being afraid. Or else the hallucinations didn't show him anything as bad as what we saw. Maybe. With any luck, weird kids like him don't have anything that bad to throw at them.)
The Soldier considers that for a moment, and the stillness while it does so probably fits best with the mental category of "sniper" if Bruce has categorized any of those, then nods acceptance. "Maybe you'll do better in this place than I will, then. Good." Anyone who reacts to fear by feeling alert and alive has the advantage in just about any situation, but one where people can be thrown their worst nightmares at any moment it will be especially useful.
It's pretty sure this one actually has a name. He seems like a complete person. So he asks, "Can I ask your name." It'll be fine of the boy-slash-young-man doesn't want to share. But it would be nice to have something to use to refer to him, in its own mind at least.
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The Soldier considers that for a moment, and the stillness while it does so probably fits best with the mental category of "sniper" if Bruce has categorized any of those, then nods acceptance. "Maybe you'll do better in this place than I will, then. Good." Anyone who reacts to fear by feeling alert and alive has the advantage in just about any situation, but one where people can be thrown their worst nightmares at any moment it will be especially useful.
It's pretty sure this one actually has a name. He seems like a complete person. So he asks, "Can I ask your name." It'll be fine of the boy-slash-young-man doesn't want to share. But it would be nice to have something to use to refer to him, in its own mind at least.