[ he folds it more or less into a more compact shape and keeps it in his arms for now. ]

Well— You and the people who were in the corps. Like the squad and other leaders–? [ he wants to say “his squad”, but he isn’t sure how far he should go with that. just thinking about it gets his features to strain some. it’s hard not to feel guilty for something you know is your fault. ]

I don’t remember all their names. But I know how great they were.

[ which. brings him to stare at his bag over there again. there’s something else in there, a little bulky and pretty big. like, he bought a hiking bag for it. ]