[Mickey really is just kind of panicking now, and he hates it -- he's mad at himself for it and mad at Chris for making him give a shit about what happens to him and mad at the Admiral for even bringing him here in the first place -- but he doesn't know what to do about it, and he hates that most of all. He paces for a few minutes, biting his nails.
There's a cowardly part of him that wants to let it go there, go and hide like he usually would and just... be upset until he finds a way not to be, but something won't let him this time. He has to try. So he calls Chris back.]
[Private, a few minutes after the Cassel thread]
There's a cowardly part of him that wants to let it go there, go and hide like he usually would and just... be upset until he finds a way not to be, but something won't let him this time. He has to try. So he calls Chris back.]
You've never asked me why I got married.