ᴄᴘʟ. ᴋᴇɴᴅʏʟʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴍᴀɴ

Whatever helps you sleep at night.

Probably not, honestly.

But I heard rumors that they'll 'dispose' of those like you that no longer useful to them.

Awwwe I hurt your feelings, didn't I?

Try it and you'll find yourself getting a court marshall.

What, did I strike a nerve?

Congrats, that was much better.

I'd applaud you if I could.

But I'll give you one thing. It's better to be a nobody than a puppet.

Uhuh, is that really the best you can come up with? Such a basic insult, I'd expect one of you guys to be more creative.

I'm guessing you're one of the ones that's lacking in that area, aren't you?

This place is almost like a prison, and honestly I think I'd rather be in one half of the time.

I know me, but clearly you don't.

Nothing ever happens around here. I wouldn't even be wasting my time if I wasn't supposed to be here.

I could be Planetside instead of being here.

At least there'd be more interesting people to talk to.

I do have opinions, and you're gonna get them whether or not you want it.

I just don't care about you or what you think.

I'm only here because I'm fucking bored.

You're assuming I even care enough about your opinion for it to matter.

Cute of you to think that, though.

That all you've got?

Consider me unimpressed.

I'm getting tired of how many giants are showing up, not gonna lie.

It's like they're starting to outnumber us now.

Corporal Chapman.

Good to make your acquaintance.

Fair enough.

Part of her just expected there would be more to do outside of the mundane tasks they do every day.

She hasn't really been on for long though. Maybe joined within the past couple of years?

Time is a funny thing.

I suppose.

Not gonna lie, it wasn't personally my first option for careers.

Never expected there would be this much 'nothing' in the military.

Oh give me a break, Santiago

Finally quiet, goddamn

Ah, unstable then.

Been there, done that with a few exes.

Yeah, don't talk smack in front of the twitchy ones, got it.

Genuinely insane, not what I expected when I signed up for this .

She sure screams enough for the lot of them

Jesus, are Spartans always like this

"Yeesh, that's rough. Sounds like you need some kind of good luck charm, at the very least."

She moved to sit down next to him, resting her hands in her lap.

"Well, quick on recovery means less time being sidelined. Can't be too bad."

I'd like to say I make him proud.

But hey, noone ever said I was sane.

Yeah. I figured I might as well make the old man proud, make something of myself, you know?

You could say that it runs in the family.

Old man did it for forever.

"Sounds like a bad case of shit luck to me."

She glanced over him, scanning over his injuries, somewhat wincing.

"I can't imagine it does. Heard that it burns like nothing else."

That's a nice way of looking at it. A new purpose.

"What in the hells happened to you, trooper?"

I suppose that makes sense.

Sometimes you just know, right?