"See, that's just it, Jimmy. I don't. I'm not ashamed of sticking my head in a puke bucket. I'm not ashamed of frakking some no named chick I met in a dice bar. I'm just Nate West. Being a fighter jock doesn't make me any better than anyone else. So what if you've 'paid your dues'? You think you're the only person in the Colonies to ever have suffered for their career?"
Nate looked Captain Chase up and down. "I am who I am, Captain. I don't have a frakking thing to prove to anyone. All I have to do is get behind that stick and give it every last drop of blood in my body. So, the question becomes, what exactly are you expecting me to prove?"