If my Ma taught me anything, it was to recognize the people doing the real work. They're usually the ones least recognized, and they're usually the ones who deserve it the most.
[ and it's something he's carried with him his whole life. something that was doubly confirmed for him during his service, seeing as more often than not he might have been the one going in to get their people, but there always had to be someone he could hand them off to in the end. that someone, who was usually the one doing the actual saving.
sam has no problem with giving credit where credit is due, and it's fairly obvious with his tone what he thinks of claire and her abilities. how vital she was at the time. whether or not claire believes that it should change, it's fairly obvious that sam thinks it does. lord knows he's seen his fair share of bad manners during his years in the service.
the tension at the mention of the last couple of months isn't a surprise, and sam lets some of that easiness of the earlier conversation fade. not entirely, because he knows as much as anyone how important it is for people to be able to work through just what it is they're dealing with after trauma like that, so he shifts his focus to listening.
i don't know how to explain it and sam nods, setting his glass of lemonade down on the table next to his chair. ]
No, I know what you mean. Before I came here I felt like I saw enough horrors to last a few lifetimes; wars do that. Wars are that. But the kind of stuff we run into here? [ he lets out a breath. ] It's not something you can really compare. Doesn't matter what you're used to living through or dealing with- this is something else.
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[ and it's something he's carried with him his whole life. something that was doubly confirmed for him during his service, seeing as more often than not he might have been the one going in to get their people, but there always had to be someone he could hand them off to in the end. that someone, who was usually the one doing the actual saving.
sam has no problem with giving credit where credit is due, and it's fairly obvious with his tone what he thinks of claire and her abilities. how vital she was at the time. whether or not claire believes that it should change, it's fairly obvious that sam thinks it does. lord knows he's seen his fair share of bad manners during his years in the service.
the tension at the mention of the last couple of months isn't a surprise, and sam lets some of that easiness of the earlier conversation fade. not entirely, because he knows as much as anyone how important it is for people to be able to work through just what it is they're dealing with after trauma like that, so he shifts his focus to listening.
i don't know how to explain it and sam nods, setting his glass of lemonade down on the table next to his chair. ]
No, I know what you mean. Before I came here I felt like I saw enough horrors to last a few lifetimes; wars do that. Wars are that. But the kind of stuff we run into here? [ he lets out a breath. ] It's not something you can really compare. Doesn't matter what you're used to living through or dealing with- this is something else.