Truth be told, I hadn't much say in the matter. But once it had been decided, I saw fit to excel.

[he was going to be funneled into a military career no matter what; garrett had adopted him under a political circumstance, and saw hubert as the tool to get what he wanted.

there's not much he could do about that, even if he's long since understood that to be the way things were.]

I take it you're less sure of your own path? [he's still in military school, after all. if there's any time to question the path he wants to take, it's before he commits to it wholly.]