Right. Yes. No, I understand. You can tell him, if you want. If he wants to know.
[He'd been surprised when Pilot didn't ask at the time, but in retrospect he thinks it maybe should have been obvious why not. It doesn't make him feel any better.]
How much do you know about the assignment they gave us? The rules of it.
[It's the first creep of something other than resignation and regret in his tone -- he says rules with a curled edge of disgust. From his perspective, the assignment was nothing more than a power play by the instructors; the only value was showing the recruits who was really in control.]
no subject
[He'd been surprised when Pilot didn't ask at the time, but in retrospect he thinks it maybe should have been obvious why not. It doesn't make him feel any better.]
How much do you know about the assignment they gave us? The rules of it.
[It's the first creep of something other than resignation and regret in his tone -- he says rules with a curled edge of disgust. From his perspective, the assignment was nothing more than a power play by the instructors; the only value was showing the recruits who was really in control.]