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[Valdis Hallsdottir]

"I can understand seeing it that way."

[Calvin Strong]

"Yeah, ask Rachel what she thinks about that."

[Valdis Hallsdottir]

"The very same Rachel who didn't care what you had gone through?"

[Calvin Strong]

"Doesn't mean I don't care what she's gone through."

[Valdis Hallsdottir]

"You seem more charitable than a lot of people. Which is a good thing," she quickly added.

[Calvin Strong]

He shrugged a little. "Just have to know people. I mean... yeah, Rachel pisses me off like nothing else, but at least I know why she can't get over herself and stop. Doesn't matter if I like people, I don't want things to suck for them, too."

[Valdis Hallsdottir]

She nodded. "If you fight alongside someone long enough, I guess you develop respect for them no matter what."