[Ah, the difference in their backgrounds. Jean just stares for a second before explaining.]
Because you did. Look, the 'no man left behind' bullshit? That doesn't happen in a real battle. In a real battle, you're busting your ass to survive and all you care about is number one and sometimes you even... [his voice cracks a little] you leave people behind to die to cover your escape.
But you didn't do that. You were scared shitless, just like I was, but you turned around and came back for me, and I don't think you even knew who I was when that was happening.
You put yourself in danger to try and save me. You came back.
[Looking back on it, that was one of the moments when Shiro started shifting from friend to dad.]
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[Ah, the difference in their backgrounds. Jean just stares for a second before explaining.]
Because you did. Look, the 'no man left behind' bullshit? That doesn't happen in a real battle. In a real battle, you're busting your ass to survive and all you care about is number one and sometimes you even... [his voice cracks a little] you leave people behind to die to cover your escape.
But you didn't do that. You were scared shitless, just like I was, but you turned around and came back for me, and I don't think you even knew who I was when that was happening.
You put yourself in danger to try and save me. You came back.
[Looking back on it, that was one of the moments when Shiro started shifting from friend to dad.]