Hey...

[nocturncoat]

Everybody who keeps going on about how stupid it is to get attached to people in this place and then get upset when they go away?

Shut up.

Yeah, maybe you're right, maybe it is stupid, but it can't be stopped.  Nobody can help getting attached to others, especially under  the sort of pressure this place puts on people.  You want soldiers who don't

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[Voice]

[sheifa]

[a little shaky] Y-Yeah...

[nocturncoat]

I'm just really tired of watching people get shouted at for actually reacting badly to losing friends.

[sheifa]

I bet I got shouted at for getting married too, huh?

[nocturncoat]

Wouldn't be surprised.

[arrowofapris]

I couldn't agree with you more.

[Screened | Unhackable]
But you seem to be unusually worked up about this. What's going on, Nocturne?

[Screened//Unhackable]

[nocturncoat]

I know what it's really like to be completely emotionless. Trust me, it doesn't make life any easier.

[burningbrand]

True enough, a lot of us were not chosen for our skills in battle. And those of us who are, well--let me tell you just because we say one thing and act a certain way does not mean that we do not form attachments, too. Or feel just as upset, if not moreso when such people die or vanish.

You assume a lot. Too much.

[nocturncoat]

And you're missing my whole point - I meant that everyone gets attached to people.

I've had a taste of what it's like to live without emotions. It's hell.

[burningbrand]

Yes, but I am saying that telling those with military training in restraining their emotions to shut up on the subject isn't going to work. They can't help it.

....

I know.

[nocturncoat]

They damn well can. They don't have to force it on the rest of us.

[yeah_i_can_fly]

Well said, my friend.