This would be a lot easier if the Chief were someone else, he supposes. Blunt is the best he can be.
"There are some things I need to clear up with you," he says. "I'm a Spartan. I'm not like most people."
He almost said soldiers, but he still remembers what Lasky said to him not long before he ended up here. Solders are just people, Chief.
"I have different operating procedures, priorities, and limits. It's how I was trained. It's... not something I can easily change."
He doesn't regret it, not exactly. But he regrets that it's caused this, and on some level it's an attempted apology.
"I need to know if you're going to have a problem working with me after Talok IV."
And how he acted afterward. There it is. They haven't talked to one another since. That's not weird for the Chief, but it's unusual for someone who actually seems to function like a normal, socialized human being. (And who was previously trying to talk to him like he's a normal, socialized human being.)
This would be okay, ordinarily. It's easier to just let people figure him out enough to know he's not worth getting invested in, because he's not. Fewer hurt feelings all around. But they're part of a team, everyone's lives here are going to depend on one another, and if he has to have an awkward discussion to preserve that... well.
They don't have to be friends. It's probably better that way. If the Chief regrets that, it's just another thing he can keep to himself.
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"There are some things I need to clear up with you," he says. "I'm a Spartan. I'm not like most people."
He almost said soldiers, but he still remembers what Lasky said to him not long before he ended up here. Solders are just people, Chief.
"I have different operating procedures, priorities, and limits. It's how I was trained. It's... not something I can easily change."
He doesn't regret it, not exactly. But he regrets that it's caused this, and on some level it's an attempted apology.
"I need to know if you're going to have a problem working with me after Talok IV."
And how he acted afterward. There it is. They haven't talked to one another since. That's not weird for the Chief, but it's unusual for someone who actually seems to function like a normal, socialized human being. (And who was previously trying to talk to him like he's a normal, socialized human being.)
This would be okay, ordinarily. It's easier to just let people figure him out enough to know he's not worth getting invested in, because he's not. Fewer hurt feelings all around. But they're part of a team, everyone's lives here are going to depend on one another, and if he has to have an awkward discussion to preserve that... well.
They don't have to be friends. It's probably better that way. If the Chief regrets that, it's just another thing he can keep to himself.