"I won't have a problem," he says, and for a moment he considers leaving it there and letting this whole thing go.
But Chief doesn't get it, and dammit, since when does Wash back down?
"But I don't think you understand the situation," he continues, steeling himself and looking Chief right in the eye. "You're not a soldier here. You're Legion. You're a hero, and you're a public figure, and you're a part of a team that values every one of its members equally.
"You were right when you said I don't know anything about the Spartan program, and you were right that we don't have the same experiences, but I know what it's like to care about a team. I know what it's like to put their lives above your own, and I know what it's like to be willing to die to make sure they live." He'd had a good goodamn reason for collapsing a tunnel on top of himself, after all. "But things are different here, and as far as the rest of your team is concerned, your life is worth just as much as everyone else's. You don't have to understand that, but you need to respect it." It's incredibly hypocritical, given Wash's opinion of himself, but Chief doesn't need to know that.
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"I won't have a problem," he says, and for a moment he considers leaving it there and letting this whole thing go.
But Chief doesn't get it, and dammit, since when does Wash back down?
"But I don't think you understand the situation," he continues, steeling himself and looking Chief right in the eye. "You're not a soldier here. You're Legion. You're a hero, and you're a public figure, and you're a part of a team that values every one of its members equally.
"You were right when you said I don't know anything about the Spartan program, and you were right that we don't have the same experiences, but I know what it's like to care about a team. I know what it's like to put their lives above your own, and I know what it's like to be willing to die to make sure they live." He'd had a good goodamn reason for collapsing a tunnel on top of himself, after all. "But things are different here, and as far as the rest of your team is concerned, your life is worth just as much as everyone else's. You don't have to understand that, but you need to respect it." It's incredibly hypocritical, given Wash's opinion of himself, but Chief doesn't need to know that.