[ The UNSC has a phrase; Mako has heard it through the grapevine more than once. The phrase goes: Spartan's never die — which is funny, because as far as Mako can tell, they can just fine. But it's not meant to be literal and shouldn't be taken as such. The phrase serves as a testament to the Spartan verve, to how their duty transcends all, even death and how their memory lingers in the same way history eventually passes into legend.
The PPDC has no such slogans. Everyone knows that rangers die. They die all the time.
Which is why Herc's answer doesn't surprise Mako. In fact, in many ways she'd been expecting it. She doesn't pity him in the same way that she doesn't pity herself. If they died, they would do so to the full service of their duty and for Mako there is something honorable in that, not something to be mourned. Most people wouldn't see it that way, she understood, but their lives weren't lived and spent for their approval. And yet, for some reason, his response gives her pause, her next question already waiting for him, held on her tongue regardless of his answer. ]
What if Chuck wanted to retire? [ The question's loaded, maybe more than it ought to be, but Mako isn't about to say I. (He's not her father, but he's as good as. As close as.
And daughters want for their father's approval.) ] What if he wanted something for himself?
( i x : d 1 : late night )
The PPDC has no such slogans.
Everyone knows that rangers die. They die all the time.
Which is why Herc's answer doesn't surprise Mako. In fact, in many ways she'd been expecting it. She doesn't pity him in the same way that she doesn't pity herself. If they died, they would do so to the full service of their duty and for Mako there is something honorable in that, not something to be mourned. Most people wouldn't see it that way, she understood, but their lives weren't lived and spent for their approval. And yet, for some reason, his response gives her pause, her next question already waiting for him, held on her tongue regardless of his answer. ]
What if Chuck wanted to retire? [ The question's loaded, maybe more than it ought to be, but Mako isn't about to say I. (He's not her father, but he's as good as. As close as.
And daughters want for their father's approval.) ] What if he wanted something for himself?