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Hale says "Sorry, I'll be fine. We have a saying in the US army-if you aren't scared, you aren't paying attention."He allows himself to calm down a little and says "Sorry, I'm just...worried, is all. Plenty of soldiers on D-day prayed as well. Many of them never made it back, either. War's won through sacrifice, not survival."
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"You see, our parents really instilled self-preservation into us as we were growing up." Artemis answered. "He also had a saying about it; 'Why die for something if you won't get to experience it?' He said it wasn't true in all cases, but find what you are willing to die for, and put your life directly under that. That way, you can continue to live, achieve your goal, and make everything better than it is. Although, our dad said that he was so disappointed in the world, he would only die if it were God's command to. But I find that what you expect to happen generally does, so expect to live, believe you will, have faith, and it'll happen. There's no doubt in my mind. Besides, why believe anything except that you're going to come out of it alive? If you do, you were right! If you don't, you're dead anyway, so why despair now? Believe in your own ability!"
Isis smiled and let her sister take this one. Artemis could get anyone pumped, but Isis preferred to wait until someone needed her for other, more emotional reasons. You need to get over a fear? Artemis is your girl. But if your parents died, Isis would sit and talk with you for hours just to get you to crack a smile.