Dealing with loss and bloodshed and all the rest that comes with danger and fighting — fear, adrenaline, injury, and so on — isn't easy. It's especially not easy when we're cooped up like this. At home, my brother and I just kept moving, distracting ourselves with the next job and the next.
I'm not going to say that's the healthiest coping strategy, but it worked for us. And it's my first instinct to run away from things rather than try to deal with them, but we can't, because we're stuck here. In multiple different ways, because of the storm, because we can't get back to our own worlds, and so on.
Trying to deal with it all on my own isn't really doing me much good, either. I know I'm not the only one, so I was thinking — after dinner, in the mess hall, maybe we can all just sit together for a minute. Anyone who wants to speak can do that, or we can just have a sort of silent vigil. For anything and everything that's on our minds right now.
I'll be there, for anyone who wants to join me. And for anyone who can't make it — if you're in the hospital, or for any other reason — maybe we can come to you, for a little bit. Let me know if that's something you're interested in.