"Haven't been given any indication we won't either," he says cheerfully, but he'll nod and accept it. It's just an acknowledgment. They're almost to the deck as he nods to the question.
"The big picture. The most important thing? In my life. At least, I thought it was. Until it turned out. It wasn't what I thought it was." A quick smile at John. "I still gave it twenty four- yeah, about twenty four years of my life."
He keeps walking.
"I had things I wanted to do, places I wanted to see, people I wanted to be with, and that's all... it's gone. didn't matter. Because that job, that mission, the 'big picture', the world I wanted to be a part of, that I wanted to build... it asked everything of me. It demanded that I give it every inch of my life." He sighs a little tiredly as he pulls out his keys. "And... I did."
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Date: 2021-10-26 02:46 am (UTC)"The big picture. The most important thing? In my life. At least, I thought it was. Until it turned out. It wasn't what I thought it was." A quick smile at John. "I still gave it twenty four- yeah, about twenty four years of my life."
He keeps walking.
"I had things I wanted to do, places I wanted to see, people I wanted to be with, and that's all... it's gone. didn't matter. Because that job, that mission, the 'big picture', the world I wanted to be a part of, that I wanted to build... it asked everything of me. It demanded that I give it every inch of my life." He sighs a little tiredly as he pulls out his keys. "And... I did."