It was hard to miss that faraway look on her face and, despite himself, Max wondered what kind of things she thought of as worthy of being missed. Hopefully, her memories of the army weren't as tainted by all the ways it'd gone wrong at the end, like his. He could imagine his situation was somewhat unique, or rare at least, but he wasn't self-involved enough to think there wasn't plenty of mundane shit that felt just as bad as what he'd ended up doing, blackouts be damned.
As Hailey continued, keeping her tone light, Max realised that this chapter of his life felt a bit like a minefield. He was worried about stepping on something he'd react badly to, which was probably why the shrinks had been so worried about him, way back when. Turned out repression only worked when you didn't have a dreamwalker shaking loose some real gnarly memories.
“Some, yeah,” he confirmed, giving a one-shouldered shrug, maintaining the crooked smile. Habit had him stopping short of sharing anything more. He didn't have any cute stories that came to mind. “Bounced around a bit, you know, North Africa, Europe. You?”
As Hailey continued, keeping her tone light, Max realised that this chapter of his life felt a bit like a minefield. He was worried about stepping on something he'd react badly to, which was probably why the shrinks had been so worried about him, way back when. Turned out repression only worked when you didn't have a dreamwalker shaking loose some real gnarly memories.
“Some, yeah,” he confirmed, giving a one-shouldered shrug, maintaining the crooked smile. Habit had him stopping short of sharing anything more. He didn't have any cute stories that came to mind. “Bounced around a bit, you know, North Africa, Europe. You?”