[ The question then, is - did he want this sort of validation? It was given to him, like how it had been given by all sorts of people, which he turned down. Back then, he had decided he didn't need it. He isn't about to admit it out loud now, but perhaps it was more useful than he thought it would be.
In any other situation he would have just brushed it off with some offhand remark, but this is Vietnam he's talking to. Someone whom he could actually respect on some level. ]
... I see.
[ Believe in himself, how? He wasn't lacking in confidence, if that counted. ]
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In any other situation he would have just brushed it off with some offhand remark, but this is Vietnam he's talking to. Someone whom he could actually respect on some level. ]
... I see.
[ Believe in himself, how? He wasn't lacking in confidence, if that counted. ]