"That never felt the same as this. I liked doing all of that, and I was the best because I was good at it, because I wanted to be there doing all of that." And she wanted to push herself to be the best and prove that just because she was a woman didn't mean that she couldn't do the job. She liked being a Marine, and she had liked training to get to that point.
Here she didn't have a choice, she could do it - she knew she had it in her to do this, but it wasn't the same as the road to becoming a Marine had been. This was new and different and she hadn't been the one to choose this path and just that little difference seemed to make everything harder to deal with for some reason.
"I'll try." And for the moment that was the best she could do, make an attempt at easing off the pressure on herself and everyone else around her. At least until she figured out how to be here without driving herself insane - anymore than she all ready was at least. She leaned her head against his shoulder and sighed.
"I talked to G earlier this week - he suggested spending more time together. I know things are busy and stuff, but maybe we could try something like that? Maybe sparring on the weekend?" She wasn't sure how good she would be with just sitting around spending time with anyone, but sparring she liked, it kept her active, it didn't give her a lot of time to think about anything else, and sparring with someone like her dad would only help her.