Ever have one of those memories where you just wish you could step back in time and stop yourself? I get those all the time. Poor Colonel Haulley.
By the way, I’m sorry for not keeping up with answers last week, but I was afraid I’d give something away, and this little bit has to unfold.
I’m being brief this time, by the way, because it’s late and I’m really tired. And I have to get up early because (you guessed it) it’s snowing again, and I’m going to have a hell of a time fighting my way into work tomorrow morning. All the best, folks!
I’m gonna go out on a limb here and presume he’s gonna say “Because its my duty”.
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The indoctrination is strong in this one.
That’s the life of the soldier, so they say.
For some men, their careers come first, and their families an often distant second, if that. These are men who often lose their families as a result…
“Never marry a railroad man” I guess
Indeed. There’s a weird “tough guy” mindset that a lot of militarized cultures have, and it can mask the real trauma that conflict does to people’s minds, never mind the physical scars.
I think you did managed to show that (on the next strip I mean) quite expertly.
Quite harsh to have first hand experience on somenone like that, even worse if is a loved one.
Sadly they are all dead so thats even more fucked up!
Well, no guarantees, but the odds aren’t terrific.
Who’s all dead, the wife and kids?
Where is it mentioned that col. H. lost his family?
There’s that nuclear war thing, maybe?
I think the reference was in re: the end of Chapter 2.
And at the end of “Hurt Locker” when dedication presupposes getting married—–or should.