[Julie jumps slightly in surprise when he leans in so close, but laughs it off with a subdued chuckle. She shakes her head.]

The way he looked at me... things he said... He was trying. I know he was, but after my mom--... after my mom left I don't think he knew what to do with me. [She was only twelve, and his focuses had always been elsewhere.]

I did a lot of stupid stuff. I guess I was... rebelling. Hurting myself because it felt like I deserved it. [Quietly, she scoffs to herself.] I turned into someone he didn't know. He's a military man, you know? All regulations and rules. I hate it.