Well yeah, but that was half the challenge honestly. You had to aim, piss and cover up all at the same time.
[Rumlow had never been one to stop from any kind of personal risk though, especially not when he was so young and full of himself. Plus, it was HYDRA, so pushing the recruits to one-up each other was just another test of their loyalty and what they might be willing to do for the organization.]
To be fair, I was far more worried about polar bears. Those bastards are nasty! They will hunt you down, rip you out of your tent and eat you without hesitation. For a city kid, they were like a nightmare.
[He nodded his head, aware that the Second Great War had that problem in the winters. He had experienced it too and sometimes there was no escaping how much winter wars were the worst. Too hot or too cold, not enough food or ammunition, bad weather or horrible weather. It was easy to find something so simple to reflect on and experience of fun but miserable memory.]
I had a medic tell me I had to take my boots off and air out my feet and socks to dry them, but I was like, 'Dude, I will freeze my toes off.' and he just told me if I didn't dry them, I'd freeze my toes off anyway. Me and this chap I served with took turns with our feet tucked against each other so we could air out our boots and socks. The shit we do to serve our countries, right?
[It was almost too easy to just be a soldier around The Soldier. This common ground would have been unheard of in HYDRA when they briefly associated. But soldiers... they knew this shit and had lived it. He couldn't have this with Steve, never had. The guy had been too bury mourning what was lost and looking over top of their heads.]
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[Rumlow had never been one to stop from any kind of personal risk though, especially not when he was so young and full of himself. Plus, it was HYDRA, so pushing the recruits to one-up each other was just another test of their loyalty and what they might be willing to do for the organization.]
To be fair, I was far more worried about polar bears. Those bastards are nasty! They will hunt you down, rip you out of your tent and eat you without hesitation. For a city kid, they were like a nightmare.
[He nodded his head, aware that the Second Great War had that problem in the winters. He had experienced it too and sometimes there was no escaping how much winter wars were the worst. Too hot or too cold, not enough food or ammunition, bad weather or horrible weather. It was easy to find something so simple to reflect on and experience of fun but miserable memory.]
I had a medic tell me I had to take my boots off and air out my feet and socks to dry them, but I was like, 'Dude, I will freeze my toes off.' and he just told me if I didn't dry them, I'd freeze my toes off anyway. Me and this chap I served with took turns with our feet tucked against each other so we could air out our boots and socks. The shit we do to serve our countries, right?
[It was almost too easy to just be a soldier around The Soldier. This common ground would have been unheard of in HYDRA when they briefly associated. But soldiers... they knew this shit and had lived it. He couldn't have this with Steve, never had. The guy had been too bury mourning what was lost and looking over top of their heads.]