[ Shaking his head, and looking down at his hands, while he wipes a smudge off his glasses with the hem of his shirt. ]
That was all my parents. The man I worked for...he wasn't a good man. Corrupt. I really believed in him, but he proved me wrong. So I left. Enlisted. I was due at training tomorrow, but I woke up here, instead.
[ And when he goes back, he won't be allowed, because he's become too spoiled here to keep living a lie. Booted from the military, blacklisted, probably disowned. He'll suffer the consequences of an honest life eventually. Here, though? He smiles. That painful disillusionment of learning that his hero was a fraud has turned out to be a blessing. ]
You've sure shared plenty. Ask me anything.
[ Replacing the glasses on his face, the world back in focus. ]
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[ Shaking his head, and looking down at his hands, while he wipes a smudge off his glasses with the hem of his shirt. ]
That was all my parents. The man I worked for...he wasn't a good man. Corrupt. I really believed in him, but he proved me wrong. So I left. Enlisted. I was due at training tomorrow, but I woke up here, instead.
[ And when he goes back, he won't be allowed, because he's become too spoiled here to keep living a lie. Booted from the military, blacklisted, probably disowned. He'll suffer the consequences of an honest life eventually. Here, though? He smiles. That painful disillusionment of learning that his hero was a fraud has turned out to be a blessing. ]
You've sure shared plenty. Ask me anything.
[ Replacing the glasses on his face, the world back in focus. ]