[ And there it is, the it's classified line but from Commander Keyes she accepts it, doesn't find it cagey or in any way evasive. Maybe if they were talking face to face, she'd give what he has to say a second pause, but for now it is what it is and Commander Keyes is the closest thing Joan has to a touchstone when it comes to understanding the Spartans. ]
Understandable. I appreciate you just fielding question.
Maybe it's odd, but there's just something about him I can't quite put my finger on. But he seems like a good kid. I don't mind looking after him.
[ And therein lies Joan's issue. He seems like a kid, not the fully-grown man he appeared to be. It twinges on Joan's intuition in odd ways, making her feel both uncomfortable and invested — moreso than she probably would have been otherwise. ]
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Understandable. I appreciate you just fielding question.
Maybe it's odd, but there's just something about him I can't quite put my finger on. But he seems like a good kid. I don't mind looking after him.
[ And therein lies Joan's issue. He seems like a kid, not the fully-grown man he appeared to be. It twinges on Joan's intuition in odd ways, making her feel both uncomfortable and invested — moreso than she probably would have been otherwise. ]