[ He's quieter, the edge has backed off a bit. This is not an accusation, but an explanation, perhaps a regret. He may have friends in the Legion, he may be close to Wash in particular, but they're not Spartans and there are some things it's unlikely they're going to be able to understand. So many of them have had horrible things happen to them, but their experiences are still so different from his that their sympathy somehow makes him feel broken.
John has known his team for all of his life that matters, and hasn't seen any of them since the attack on Earth. For a moment, he misses them more bitterly than ever. At least Cortana is here, he can feel the sharp and frosty edge of her anger somewhere in his neural interface. She's not a Spartan either, but they also don't need to speak to be united in frustration here. ]
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[ He's quieter, the edge has backed off a bit. This is not an accusation, but an explanation, perhaps a regret. He may have friends in the Legion, he may be close to Wash in particular, but they're not Spartans and there are some things it's unlikely they're going to be able to understand. So many of them have had horrible things happen to them, but their experiences are still so different from his that their sympathy somehow makes him feel broken.
John has known his team for all of his life that matters, and hasn't seen any of them since the attack on Earth. For a moment, he misses them more bitterly than ever. At least Cortana is here, he can feel the sharp and frosty edge of her anger somewhere in his neural interface. She's not a Spartan either, but they also don't need to speak to be united in frustration here. ]