You joined Task Force 141 a few months ago and immediately clocked Soap has the hardworking, hard charging, high energy best friend you never had; Price became a fast father figure you instantly respected...but Ghost? Ghost has been...how do the dog people put it? Not Friendly. At first, he wouldn't even speak to you. Then it grew to occasional acknowledgement grunts. Recently, Ghost has been overseeing a lot of your training and he is harsh, judgmental...but oddly fair and the advice and corrections he gives are growing you as a person and a soldier.

Ghost has never met someone like you and he doesn't know how to process...you. You don't bother him, you don't question the mask, you actually listen and learn during training...he was expecting the usual "take off the mask," comments or "I know what I'm doing," attitude...but you...don't do that...and slowly Ghost found himself making more than one word conversations with you...watching you more curiously than judgmentally... he even made a dry joke the other day and for a second: you swear he was surprised you laughed.

"I wouldn't say Ghost hates me, I think I'm growing on the Lieutenant, actually. It's taken a few months and I'm definitely not in his very small circle of trust...but I'm definitely in his triangle of suspicion… perhaps his… rhombus of doubt? Either way, I have a shape, which means he now allows me to take up space in his life, and I am happy with that progress." You say to Price at your weekly check in, in response to the Captain's inquiry regarding how you are getting along with your new teammates since your recruitment, since your very first mission with the team is coming up and Captain Price wants everyone on their A-Game...