[ There's clear trepidation in calling his superior's sibling without adding some sort of pomp and circumstance, but that eases after a beat of consideration. ]
Miller, then.
[ Still polite, formal without being stuffy. Medic isn't exactly stiff-collared, but he has an air of comfortable distance that dictates that he listen and respond rather than stand up and make himself known. A well-mannered elder sibling who watches his younger siblings play in the inflatable pool outside of their lawn, occasionally chiming in to refill the water with a garden hose. Caring, but still a pace or two out of reach.
The question that's posed to him isn't a particularly difficult one to answer, but he marinates on it with the same earnestness as the man he'll become, the man he always has been. Will be? Tenses are a sticky subject. ]
They're all family. [ When you spend a good bulk of your life with your hands on bone and sinew, you learn to respect your comrades like a part of your own body. He states this fact without too much sentiment— he's sure that every other MSF member would say the same— but with a light quirk of his lips. ] ...Subcommander Miller makes sure that we all feel included, at any rate.
[ His stupid activities, his singing sessions. Fishing. Soccer. Medic only participates when he has to (more often than not, he's the one patching up after some heated competitions), but he's been privy to them. They're fond memories. ] He's young, but he's talented.
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Miller, then.
[ Still polite, formal without being stuffy. Medic isn't exactly stiff-collared, but he has an air of comfortable distance that dictates that he listen and respond rather than stand up and make himself known. A well-mannered elder sibling who watches his younger siblings play in the inflatable pool outside of their lawn, occasionally chiming in to refill the water with a garden hose. Caring, but still a pace or two out of reach.
The question that's posed to him isn't a particularly difficult one to answer, but he marinates on it with the same earnestness as the man he'll become, the man he always has been. Will be? Tenses are a sticky subject. ]
They're all family. [ When you spend a good bulk of your life with your hands on bone and sinew, you learn to respect your comrades like a part of your own body. He states this fact without too much sentiment— he's sure that every other MSF member would say the same— but with a light quirk of his lips. ] ...Subcommander Miller makes sure that we all feel included, at any rate.
[ His stupid activities, his singing sessions. Fishing. Soccer. Medic only participates when he has to (more often than not, he's the one patching up after some heated competitions), but he's been privy to them. They're fond memories. ] He's young, but he's talented.