"I did push the Director for the two AI's that were supposed to go to you and Wash," says Carolina. She can't entirely fault the anger there.
She rests her forearms on her legs, a crack in the composed posture she's been holding.
"I finally had a place where I had done everything he asked of me, and it wasn't enough. So, I kept trying. And he let me, because I pissed him off and he knew it would hurt me."
He knew. Carolina can see it in hindsight, it slots into a pattern of other times where her father lost his temper and let her charge ahead to prove a point. It was the same way the last fight about how her decision to enlist had ended, once.
"I think wanting to be done with all of Command's bullshit is probably the most rational thing any of us can feel. CT, you, hell. Even Tex figured that one out before I did."
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She rests her forearms on her legs, a crack in the composed posture she's been holding.
"I finally had a place where I had done everything he asked of me, and it wasn't enough. So, I kept trying. And he let me, because I pissed him off and he knew it would hurt me."
He knew. Carolina can see it in hindsight, it slots into a pattern of other times where her father lost his temper and let her charge ahead to prove a point. It was the same way the last fight about how her decision to enlist had ended, once.
"I think wanting to be done with all of Command's bullshit is probably the most rational thing any of us can feel. CT, you, hell. Even Tex figured that one out before I did."
It's fucking embarrassing.