The topic shift does it's work, Hanna's shoulders dropping, catching Sheehan's eye again as he speaks to him.
"Yeah...and that doesn't change for- well? A pretty long time." For Hanna, it hasn't happened yet in the states, or at least federally, though he hasn't really thought about getting married much. "A bummer you have to jump backward...but at least a whole boat full of people who love you get to know, and I hope that's enough to make no one getting to know where you settle hurt a little less."
"Oh shit...I didn't even think about that." He wonders what that would be like, experiencing it from the outside.
"You've got the knowledge though...man. what do you even do when you know what's probably going to happen?" He doesn't really think that would be a great position in, especially if people just ignored him if he brought secret information to the table.
"Probably for the best, not getting involved though. Someone might think you were a double agent or something stupid."
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Date: 2024-11-25 02:12 pm (UTC)"Yeah...and that doesn't change for- well? A pretty long time." For Hanna, it hasn't happened yet in the states, or at least federally, though he hasn't really thought about getting married much. "A bummer you have to jump backward...but at least a whole boat full of people who love you get to know, and I hope that's enough to make no one getting to know where you settle hurt a little less."
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Date: 2024-11-25 02:51 pm (UTC)"Just glad I won't have to go to war again," he says softly. "I'm too old for it now, and I'll be too old still when they hit Pearl Harbor."
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Date: 2024-11-25 04:27 pm (UTC)"You've got the knowledge though...man. what do you even do when you know what's probably going to happen?" He doesn't really think that would be a great position in, especially if people just ignored him if he brought secret information to the table.
"Probably for the best, not getting involved though. Someone might think you were a double agent or something stupid."
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Date: 2024-11-25 04:32 pm (UTC)He is going to stock up. He might be paranoid. But he's going to make sure that everyone he loves is safe.