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This whole is probably going to sound trite or cliche, but it rather deeply affected me, and I guess I just want to talk to someone about it.

About a year and a half ago, I was in another country, doing my job. I met a girl from NZ during the training session, and we got to talking about why we were there, what we wanted to do. I brought up the fact that I wanted to join the Army, because, as I put it, "My country needs people like me..."

And I couldn't bring myself to finish my sentence. No matter how deeply I believed in the sentence, I knew it sounded too cliche, would come out as false confidence.

But I didn't have to. She finished it for me. "To protect it?"

And the rush of relief, and gratefulness to this girl, just flooded through me. And I nodded, and simply said, "Yes."

And to my surprise, instead of laughing at me, or scoffing at me and denouncing America's policies, she gave a warm, sincere smile, and said in a somewhat watery tone, "Wow. That's so beautiful. I feel like I'm gonna cry; I've never met someone like you."

That kind of astonished me. I was relived that my apparent sincerity and conviction translated, and I didn't sound like a drum beating douchebag, but I didn't understand what she had witnessed, what I had done that had affected her so powerfully.

Until I watched a fanwork-- Mario Warfare. This must sound so stupid, but when Donkey Kong talked about the King saving him, and how he was dedicated to never letting someone threaten his country again, I burst into tears. Because it was so simple, and poignant, and fucking EXACTLY how I felt about serving my country.

Seeing it expressed in a creative work like that, so respectfully and powerfully, helped me understand a part of myself, and why I believe in it so deeply. And how someone else can be so deeply effected when they see it in real life.

Sorry for the wall of text, I just sort of wanted to share.

That's really cool and sweet! The military needs people like you.

Thank you for sharing.

Kind of off topic kid of not, I feel like whenever I come across deep sincerity, for whatever reason, it's like... it's like the first time I saw snow fall. That's the only thing I can compare it to.

The fact that a story could do that for you is great, that you found something to reflect how you felt.

Thanks for your service! I think you're doing it for a great reason and I'm impressed by your dedication.

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