Yeah, he understood. Trust him, he understood. He had served on the line but not with his brothers and sisters. He'd served as the control group of programs trying to be effective compared to SPARTANs. He'd seen more death than he wanted to, and none of it on the right side of the war.
"Sometimes I am surprised I even remember my designation," Matt shrugs, because he gets it. "But Ambrose is just another part of Kurt-051. Just another part of my brother. Like this jackass I play cards with and who laughs at my poker face is still Mendez, which is hard to rectify. I'll tell you something I learned out there, Kurt. People got all kinds of faces. Some for the public, some for themselves, but they are always a product of where they came from. You're always Kurt-O51. You always will be. And maybe someday the call will come that puts you back in that armor. Maybe it won't. But no matter what, here?"
He reaches out and lays a hand over Kurt's heart.
"This is where are names are. Branded there when we were kids. You will always be SPARTAN. And these kids need that. They know it, on some level."
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Date: 2019-02-08 08:58 pm (UTC)"Sometimes I am surprised I even remember my designation," Matt shrugs, because he gets it. "But Ambrose is just another part of Kurt-051. Just another part of my brother. Like this jackass I play cards with and who laughs at my poker face is still Mendez, which is hard to rectify. I'll tell you something I learned out there, Kurt. People got all kinds of faces. Some for the public, some for themselves, but they are always a product of where they came from. You're always Kurt-O51. You always will be. And maybe someday the call will come that puts you back in that armor. Maybe it won't. But no matter what, here?"
He reaches out and lays a hand over Kurt's heart.
"This is where are names are. Branded there when we were kids. You will always be SPARTAN. And these kids need that. They know it, on some level."