Personality 2.0: Larkin is a quiet man, worn down by years of continuous fighting. He's been traveling from battlefield to battlefield and he sorely needs rest, rest he's aware he isn't going to get. His skills as a sniper and a soldier are too needed in a galaxy that's always at war. He takes what he can when travelling, but chunks of that are filled with training he can't duck out from, if only because he's needed to train others. He wishes he wasn't at times, but he's not going to leave the younger Ghosts to die, either. If his skills are needed, so be it.
He clings to his talents as a sniper as a way to keep his sense of self. He's a sniper, so as long as he can perform that job well, he knows he has a use. If he doesn't have a use, though, there's no point in him being around. He's spent so long in the Guard that he doesn't know how to live outside it. So he has to keep his skill level high, or else he's not sure what he'd do. He hasn't started losing his edge that he can see, but it worries him as he gets older.
Despite all the friends he's lost over the years, he's a generally gregarious person. He doesn't have close friends, but he's social enough that he needs to reach out to people and stay on their good sides or else he'd be isolated, a fate he fears. There are few enough people who remember everything the Ghosts went through, he has no desire to alienate any of them. And while he's aware that he has a reputation for being odd that's spread through the ranks, he also knows that the ones who fight the closest alongside him know he's not just an eccentric. Even if they don't respect him, it's enough if they don't dismiss him and maybe even like him.
He worries about his mental stability enough on his own, anyway. His recent experience on Jago dug up his old concerns about seeing visions, since he'd either had hallucinations or been visited by ghosts. He hadn't had anything like that happen in years and he thought he'd left it behind. He thought he was sane and stable and had put all that behind him. He thought that the worst he would have to deal with was the remainder of his nerves and occasional paranoia. But he was wrong. It was just lurking inside him, waiting for the moment to strike, when he was weakest. Waiting for him to tire out and then it struck. Now, he's not sure what will happen next.
He's determined to not fall apart, though. He may not have much in him, but he's not a quitter. If his hallucinations have returned, he'll work through them. If he's finally gone completely insane, well, perhaps it'll be enjoyable. Perhaps he'll get the rest he needs. But if he can do something to keep from going insane, he's going to. He's not sure what to do yet, but something will come to him, eventually.
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Larkin is a quiet man, worn down by years of continuous fighting. He's been traveling from battlefield to battlefield and he sorely needs rest, rest he's aware he isn't going to get. His skills as a sniper and a soldier are too needed in a galaxy that's always at war. He takes what he can when travelling, but chunks of that are filled with training he can't duck out from, if only because he's needed to train others. He wishes he wasn't at times, but he's not going to leave the younger Ghosts to die, either. If his skills are needed, so be it.
He clings to his talents as a sniper as a way to keep his sense of self. He's a sniper, so as long as he can perform that job well, he knows he has a use. If he doesn't have a use, though, there's no point in him being around. He's spent so long in the Guard that he doesn't know how to live outside it. So he has to keep his skill level high, or else he's not sure what he'd do. He hasn't started losing his edge that he can see, but it worries him as he gets older.
Despite all the friends he's lost over the years, he's a generally gregarious person. He doesn't have close friends, but he's social enough that he needs to reach out to people and stay on their good sides or else he'd be isolated, a fate he fears. There are few enough people who remember everything the Ghosts went through, he has no desire to alienate any of them. And while he's aware that he has a reputation for being odd that's spread through the ranks, he also knows that the ones who fight the closest alongside him know he's not just an eccentric. Even if they don't respect him, it's enough if they don't dismiss him and maybe even like him.
He worries about his mental stability enough on his own, anyway. His recent experience on Jago dug up his old concerns about seeing visions, since he'd either had hallucinations or been visited by ghosts. He hadn't had anything like that happen in years and he thought he'd left it behind. He thought he was sane and stable and had put all that behind him. He thought that the worst he would have to deal with was the remainder of his nerves and occasional paranoia. But he was wrong. It was just lurking inside him, waiting for the moment to strike, when he was weakest. Waiting for him to tire out and then it struck. Now, he's not sure what will happen next.
He's determined to not fall apart, though. He may not have much in him, but he's not a quitter. If his hallucinations have returned, he'll work through them. If he's finally gone completely insane, well, perhaps it'll be enjoyable. Perhaps he'll get the rest he needs. But if he can do something to keep from going insane, he's going to. He's not sure what to do yet, but something will come to him, eventually.