[The Soldier really doesn't get a lot of affirmations that they're good just how they are. Everyone wants them to improve, get "better", learn to be a person or to get a proper name. Even the kindest of their friends and handlers still have that want in them, all the time. Hearing someone say, out loud, that nothing has to change, that they're just fine right here and now....
Excuse the Soldier a moment while they stare at the ground for several steps, and wipe their eyes with the back of the flesh hand when their vision gets fuzzy with a few tears. It's the tiredness making things feel more profound than they really are, maybe. (Sure, pal. We'll let that slide.)]
That's. That's good. I'm good at kicking people's asses.
[That's not anywhere near what they want to say, but saying what they might want to will just making the crying keep going, they're pretty sure.]
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[The Soldier really doesn't get a lot of affirmations that they're good just how they are. Everyone wants them to improve, get "better", learn to be a person or to get a proper name. Even the kindest of their friends and handlers still have that want in them, all the time. Hearing someone say, out loud, that nothing has to change, that they're just fine right here and now....
Excuse the Soldier a moment while they stare at the ground for several steps, and wipe their eyes with the back of the flesh hand when their vision gets fuzzy with a few tears. It's the tiredness making things feel more profound than they really are, maybe. (Sure, pal. We'll let that slide.)]
That's. That's good. I'm good at kicking people's asses.
[That's not anywhere near what they want to say, but saying what they might want to will just making the crying keep going, they're pretty sure.]