( There they go again, syncing up on the same wavelength with practically no effort and no real discussion needed. He lifts his chin an inch or two, expression erring toward serious. )
Not as much as you'd think.
( Some things he doesn't screw around about. There's recreational bitching, there's being cavalier at times in dangerous situations, there's his general tendency to default toward making jokes, but some things are different. His candy-coated bullshit outer layer has boundaries neatly delineated by a drill sergeant. Lines clearly drawn; the joking stops when the learning starts, because if he gets it wrong after that it's nobody's fault but his — and so are all the consequences that follow.
That being said, they're not doing it now, which means he can still gloss over that seriousness with a faux-thoughtful quirk of lips and an amendment: )
Maybe a little.
( Not even a fraction of the grief he'll give himself, frankly. )
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Not as much as you'd think.
( Some things he doesn't screw around about. There's recreational bitching, there's being cavalier at times in dangerous situations, there's his general tendency to default toward making jokes, but some things are different. His candy-coated bullshit outer layer has boundaries neatly delineated by a drill sergeant. Lines clearly drawn; the joking stops when the learning starts, because if he gets it wrong after that it's nobody's fault but his — and so are all the consequences that follow.
That being said, they're not doing it now, which means he can still gloss over that seriousness with a faux-thoughtful quirk of lips and an amendment: )
Maybe a little.
( Not even a fraction of the grief he'll give himself, frankly. )