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She knows that Private Fuentes is just young and immature and afflicted with testosterone poisoning,
“Fear is good,” Major Grayson continues. “Fear can be your ally. Fear keeps you alive out there. It supercharges your senses, makes you faster and stronger. Put your fear on a leash and use it. Just don’t let it use you.
I spent eight years in the Vault with a hundred and fifty other people, and it’s the dog I miss the most, she thinks. What a strange species we are.
“Lankies break everything, maybe planet is lost, perhaps we die tomorrow or next week. No excuse for not being civilized people. When tea runs out, then world can end. Come, we drink tea.”
They were small moments, all of them, but they were hers, and she’s glad she got to live them.
Whatever else happened wasn’t on me. But they’re still alive, and that’s what I could do. And that has to be good enough for now.
“Own your strengths, Corporal. There are enough people in the Corps who try to make themselves more than they are. Don’t make yourself less.”
