If you ever want to discredit someone…

Tonight on the phone with the soldier…

“I talked to one of my old soldiers today, he told me I made a mistake driving a truck.”

“Yeah?”

“Yeah, he says it’s beneath my intellect.”

“Yeah, well we all know that. He doesn’t know the whole story though. He doesn’t know what is actually going on. He doesn’t know about me.”

“I told him about you.”

“Yeah but he still doesn’t know. He’s a normal man with a normal life and a normal love. He’s got no idea what we are doing.”

“That’s true.”

“Yeah and it’s nice he knows about your intellect but if he really appreciated how smart you were he’d know there has got to be more to the story.”

“Uh huh.”

“But as it is he is looking at half of a puzzle thinking he knows what it is and passing judgment so oh well. I think anyone who knows you should know you are up to more than it seems at all times. You say yourself you are a near-genius and you are out driving a truck. Gee. Must be a reason, eh stupid?”

We both laughed.