Lipton nodded, because he could understand that kind of honour even if he still had to work against his own preconceptions against Asians. He wasn't alone - after Pearl Harbour, the reson he'd joined the military in the first place, there'd been a flood of news articles, radio shows and public sentiment reinforcing how genuinely malicious a people the Japs were, and everyone in that part of the world for that matter.
"You can handle yourself just fine," Lipton freely acknowledged with a slight chuckle, because that, too, he was still struggling to fully come to terms with. And it couldn't be more obvious, evertime he saw her fight. "And if you can trust him, then I'd be a smart guy to follow."
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on 2011-03-16 10:48 pm (UTC)"You can handle yourself just fine," Lipton freely acknowledged with a slight chuckle, because that, too, he was still struggling to fully come to terms with. And it couldn't be more obvious, evertime he saw her fight. "And if you can trust him, then I'd be a smart guy to follow."