[ John had given Thomas a standard two-day pack with water and whatever field grade first aid basics he could scavenge from the medical bay. No weapons, he was carrying enough for the both of him and as a standard John didn't arm the nervous. ]
Move out.
[ Stepping aside, John points to the exit and brought up the rear behind Thomas as he marched him outside the compound towards the gate. In that moment, John dimly registers that he must have been channelling CPO Mendez; his strict, by-the-book training officer from back when the SPARTAN-II project was still a pack of kids being drilled into soldiers.
The situation as he could best understand it, was dire. John was not exactly trying to throw this kid into peril head first, but he valued discipline and believed that if the people stranded here were going to be make it was going to be a team effort.
They stop at the gate where the sign warns not to leave the compound unprepared. John steps by the door ready to open it, but first looks at Thomas. ]
Stay close to me.
[ John wanted this kid to understand nothing was gained by raiding their only medical bay. He was taking him to Hollows. ]
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Move out.
[ Stepping aside, John points to the exit and brought up the rear behind Thomas as he marched him outside the compound towards the gate. In that moment, John dimly registers that he must have been channelling CPO Mendez; his strict, by-the-book training officer from back when the SPARTAN-II project was still a pack of kids being drilled into soldiers.
The situation as he could best understand it, was dire. John was not exactly trying to throw this kid into peril head first, but he valued discipline and believed that if the people stranded here were going to be make it was going to be a team effort.
They stop at the gate where the sign warns not to leave the compound unprepared. John steps by the door ready to open it, but first looks at Thomas. ]
Stay close to me.
[ John wanted this kid to understand nothing was gained by raiding their only medical bay. He was taking him to Hollows. ]