[ something clicks for him when raleigh does that and he's able to get through a few shaky stitches on his own. ok this isn't so hard. but the question makes him stiffen up, enough of a shift that max cranes his neck around to see what's going on. ]

There's no support group for the American government putting a hit out on your family either.

[ he swallows, scowling down at the needles in his hand even as he numbly goes through another stitch. his head is vibrating with all the things he'd learned over the past several months, and then when he was finally about to try and find some peace... reverie had happened. ]

So yeah, I'd say being special sucks. [ he can't fit in with the other vets. he wasn't one of them as much as he ever thought he was and wanted to be. ] But I was gonna try it for real. What else do I got to lose, right? [ but coming here had thrown a serious wrench into those plans ]