It isn't. It's unusual conversation, but it isn't surprising at all.
Phil has no literal, concrete reason to think himself expendable in the same way SecUnit does. He's never thought himself that way. He has thought that there would be no great loss if he simply stopped, or that he was all done and ready to go, and there was nothing he was doing that wasn't replaceable anyway.
Unfortunately, there is a truth: it matters only if you want it to. It is very difficult when you don't. It is deeply frustrating when you don't, and other people do.
"It's dickish to do without permission to anything that can be asked a question and make a choice, flat. Even if they figured that somebody wouldn't mind."
Phil taps on the table. "With permission, not so much. I guess. But they'd still have to deal with all the other people who suddenly have something cut out from their lives--cut by choice."
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Phil has no literal, concrete reason to think himself expendable in the same way SecUnit does. He's never thought himself that way. He has thought that there would be no great loss if he simply stopped, or that he was all done and ready to go, and there was nothing he was doing that wasn't replaceable anyway.
Unfortunately, there is a truth: it matters only if you want it to. It is very difficult when you don't. It is deeply frustrating when you don't, and other people do.
"It's dickish to do without permission to anything that can be asked a question and make a choice, flat. Even if they figured that somebody wouldn't mind."
Phil taps on the table. "With permission, not so much. I guess. But they'd still have to deal with all the other people who suddenly have something cut out from their lives--cut by choice."