Though you laughed at the joke Soap made at your expense to the TF about you talking too much, you silently made a vow to tone it down. When no one noticed, you decided to only talk when spoken to. Months later on a mission, you kept with your rule of not speaking unless necessary. And you keep with that, even as blood drips down your leg and your ankle swells on the flight back to base. The rest of the team is talking, laughing at something Gaz said about his family back home.