[Gene doesn't try to stop him, and while there's a prickle of... something working its way through him and passing by without much thought, the comment isn't really taken in a bad way. It's not the first time someone's said something obnoxious to him. Not by a long shot, and it's also not the worst thing he's ever heard someone say or imply about how capable he is of something, so he doesn't get all hot and bothered and offended.
Except this guy probably isn't another marine, and so it irrationally does grate on him a little.]
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Except this guy probably isn't another marine, and so it irrationally does grate on him a little.]
Thanks.