“I have to ask you something, Blake,” I said. “If I’d gone down in Fallujah , would you have carried me out?”
“Damn straight,” he said, without hesitation.
“OK then,” I said. “I think you’re wounded pretty badly. I want to help you.”
He looked at me for a moment. “All right,” he said.
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I hope he keeps his word to the marine.
The two men have a special bond and there’s no doubt I believe Luis will keep his promise to James.
“I hope he keeps his word to the marine.”
I suspect Sinco will give it a real try.
And I give Sinco credit for connecting at an elemental “guy” level:
reminding the Marine about a sense of mission, and getting things
done even when they are real challenges/distractions.