"Conflict all the time. America is the worst at it... Thinking about it now, I wouldn't make the same choice to join now that I did when I was seventeen. But the government pays for your education if you join. And I wanted to fly...
"But... I messed that up. Can't even fly commercial after I lost my arm." He still wasn't over that. Even if it was his fault.
"Oh, ya. I have ADHD. uh, attention deficit and hyperactive disorder- it's a cognitive neurodevelopmental disorder affecting attention, impulse control, emotional control, hyperactivity, oh and the perception of time- that last one is always the weirdest to me. I have no internal concept of the passage of time. Without some kind of external device, I can't tell if five minutes or an hour has passed."
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"But... I messed that up. Can't even fly commercial after I lost my arm." He still wasn't over that. Even if it was his fault.
"Oh, ya. I have ADHD. uh, attention deficit and hyperactive disorder- it's a cognitive neurodevelopmental disorder affecting attention, impulse control, emotional control, hyperactivity, oh and the perception of time- that last one is always the weirdest to me. I have no internal concept of the passage of time. Without some kind of external device, I can't tell if five minutes or an hour has passed."