[Gene shakes his head immediately, glancing down at the biology textbook he's looking at, because he understands what that's like, he does, but he's on the complete opposite side of this.]
I've been avoidin' all that. I don't wanna know what happens. [He doesn't want to know where K/3/5 is headed next, or what horrible stuff might happen to his buddies after Peleliu. He's read enough war literature to know someone like Ack Ack could be mentioned in a book about Peleliu, and Gene has no interest in finding out who else isn't going home.]
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I've been avoidin' all that. I don't wanna know what happens. [He doesn't want to know where K/3/5 is headed next, or what horrible stuff might happen to his buddies after Peleliu. He's read enough war literature to know someone like Ack Ack could be mentioned in a book about Peleliu, and Gene has no interest in finding out who else isn't going home.]