[ well, at least it's not from a corpse, but the whole thing has him feeling a bit squeamish nonetheless, and he's relieved that naoto wants to drop the topic anyway. he'll hear no objections from ledo. ]
I understand. It is not necessary to discuss it further.
[ if there's one thing he can recognise in others, it's fear because he's seen it before. not every soldier in the alliance handles the terror of facing the enemy well. ledo says nothing about that either, willing to let naoto think he's as unobservant about that as anything else. unsurprisingly, the topic swings back to him, and he's at least prepared for it even if he's not exactly anticipating what will be said. normal? well, clearly, normalcy is subjective. he can deal with that. but the rest... ]
Make friends? How do you... make friends?
[ that was never the goal in group training; you didn't need to be friends to form a cohesive group. and social interaction here seems to be very complicated so far. ]
THIS IS SO OLD I'M SO SORRY
I understand. It is not necessary to discuss it further.
[ if there's one thing he can recognise in others, it's fear because he's seen it before. not every soldier in the alliance handles the terror of facing the enemy well. ledo says nothing about that either, willing to let naoto think he's as unobservant about that as anything else. unsurprisingly, the topic swings back to him, and he's at least prepared for it even if he's not exactly anticipating what will be said. normal? well, clearly, normalcy is subjective. he can deal with that. but the rest... ]
Make friends? How do you... make friends?
[ that was never the goal in group training; you didn't need to be friends to form a cohesive group. and social interaction here seems to be very complicated so far. ]