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It’s much thicker and certainly wider, the battered body of this rather old trooper.
The once slim waistline gone by now. Guess this is one of the perks of being able to grow old, huh? Heh, yeah I consider it a perk, ‘cause I can eat all the food I like and not worrying about being battle ready all the time.
And I really love food, especially now that it’s all homemade. Thanks to Wrecker and Echo and Shep too. Sometimes myself too, as I dabble in the arts of cooking sometimes.
Looking at myself in the tall mirror, the soldier I once was still there somewhere for sure. But mostly not. And I don’t really mind, as I love this, civilian life. True, there are a few greys and fluffy fat across the once battle ready bod, but hey, I’m old or older as Wrecker likes to call it, wider for sure, but it’s all good!
Mature, Echo prefers the word. But yeah. It’s totally good to be me right now in this time, feeling comfortable and rather fine where we all landed.
Dad bod. Heh!
That’s what Omega called it sometimes and somehow it made me very proud hearing it from her.
The dad part.
Honestly I don’t mind, it’s all good. I still exercise daily, and I’m great with my knife, but a spring chicken I certainly am no longer. My senses might not be as strong as that, but I can finally relax without the constant vigilance my enhancements caused me in the past.
Besides, the others enjoy their new older forms as much as I do mine. It’s all part of being human, growing old, the lifecycle after all. And me and my lot, well, we’re the lucky ones having been allowed to grow old.
Together. As a family.
Yeah, Cross calls me sentimental sure, bringing that fact up sometimes. But we have to remind ourselves not all of us were as lucky as that and do enjoying everything which comes with this, older age.
Sure we help out here and there still. But mostly we stay put here, in our home we made for our family together. The others dropping by for visits, some even living here. The clones that is.
And then, we always have a great big feast!
As now we’re all allowed to eat real food to eat! And that’s the best! All the time in the galaxy spent with family and all our new friends, here on our haven of an island we call home.