"Kinda... I dunno. That thing we were talkin' before- that science project of yours. That seemed kinda like somethin' I could get into. I mean, even if it's just us bouncin' ideas like that around, that was somethin'. I wasn't just bein'... I dunno. A lump of Reno."
He didn't do so well when he was just a lump of Reno. He needed Things To Do in the Here and in the Now.
"I whined to Rude once," he noted. "Turk work wasn't this enough, wasn't that enough. Sittin' and waitin' all the time was... boring. I should'a joined SOLDIER. That," he continued, "was me bitchin' for the sake of bitchin'. I wouldn't have traded it in. It was dirty work, yeah, but nobody else was gonna do it. That's what I need to start lookin' for. Somethin' that there ain't nobody else around here wants to do. Somethin' that's gotta get done, anyhow."
There was a pause, then, and he squeezed her tighter in his arms and breathed her in again.
"I love you, too. You know that? I wasn't just sayin' it, when I said you were a reason to wake up in the mornin'."
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He didn't do so well when he was just a lump of Reno. He needed Things To Do in the Here and in the Now.
"I whined to Rude once," he noted. "Turk work wasn't this enough, wasn't that enough. Sittin' and waitin' all the time was... boring. I should'a joined SOLDIER. That," he continued, "was me bitchin' for the sake of bitchin'. I wouldn't have traded it in. It was dirty work, yeah, but nobody else was gonna do it. That's what I need to start lookin' for. Somethin' that there ain't nobody else around here wants to do. Somethin' that's gotta get done, anyhow."
There was a pause, then, and he squeezed her tighter in his arms and breathed her in again.
"I love you, too. You know that? I wasn't just sayin' it, when I said you were a reason to wake up in the mornin'."