flamebaron20
"I learned first-hand what war is truly like. It's not the training vids or the speeches they give you in boot camp. It's not glory. It's not honor. It's noise... pain... and loss. You don't forget the faces. The ones who don't make it. You tell yourself it's part of the job - that they knew what they signed up for. But that doesn't stop the silence afterward... the part where you wonder why you made it out, and they didn't. I, used to think being a Gear meant being strong. That if I pushed hard enough, fought long enough, I'd make a difference. But strength fades. Ammo runs out. What keeps you going isn't power - it's purpose. A Gear isn't just a soldier. We're the ones standing between what's left of humanity and the dark. We fight, we fall, we rise again - not because we want to... but because someone has to." I've lost brothers. Sisters. Pieces of myself I'll never get back. But as long as there's one of us left standing... the fight isn't over... That's what it means to be a Gear."