Exactly what he'd needed, time to relax and just be himself and drink beer. And it was clear that Jack's accent was deceiving; he did not drink like an American and he chose his ales with a decidedly British influence. Very nice.
When the talking shifted to a more personal nature, Becker was surprisingly comfortable about it. He was normally intensely private about his past, his personal life, but with Jack he felt about to open up about things. His non-military friends, at least in his mind, wouldn't have been able to really understand parts of who he was, while those under his command, well, there were protocols. Jack had neither of those issues. So he half laughed, leaning forward over the table slightly with his hand curled around his glass.
"Maybe it was natural talent," he smirked a little bit, glancing at Jack with what could almost be described as innocent puppy eyes. "Okay, okay. The why part is easy. My father was military, my grandfather. Just felt natural for me to sign up at Sandhurst after my A-Levels. The way they used to talk about serving their country, I wanted to be a part of that. Protecting people, that was the main thing. Going out there and doing the right thing, defending civilians." His expression became somewhat wistful. The press might talk a lot about the legalities of the war, how right it was for them to be in Afghanistan, but he liked to believe he'd done some good. The Taliban had needed to be stopped, had been hurting their own people as much as the 'infidels'.
"As for the being 'good' at it," he half laughed, somewhat sheepishly. "I don't know really. I never thought I was any better than anyone else. Just trying to do my best and keep as many people as I could safe. Didn't always work." Briefly, a haunted look appeared in his eyes. Every name of a man lost under his command flashed across his memory, before he lightened the look with a smirk. "Maybe my superiors liked how bloody minded I can be or something. And I ended up assigned to the ARC. To handle dinosaurs. Which still seems weird to me, even after years of it."