Guess they can't get me for insubordination, can they?
[ Matt can tell from the accent that he's talking to a fellow New Yorker, and there's something about switching off the military persona that makes him feel more relaxed. He's never really been comfortable with it anyway. Although he supposes that's who he is for good, now. ]
Just Matt, then. You're from...Brooklyn, aren't you? It's nice to hear the accent again. [ Every one of his comrades-in-arms was from the city, a mishmash of Bronx and Manhattan, Queens and Harlem. A little bit of home away from home. ]
You enlisted? That's brave of you. Me, I was drafted. Most of us guys were.
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[ Matt can tell from the accent that he's talking to a fellow New Yorker, and there's something about switching off the military persona that makes him feel more relaxed. He's never really been comfortable with it anyway. Although he supposes that's who he is for good, now. ]
Just Matt, then. You're from...Brooklyn, aren't you? It's nice to hear the accent again. [ Every one of his comrades-in-arms was from the city, a mishmash of Bronx and Manhattan, Queens and Harlem. A little bit of home away from home. ]
You enlisted? That's brave of you. Me, I was drafted. Most of us guys were.