rousing the steelwill

Hallucinations...yeah, maybe he'd prefer hallucinations. It'd be better than this, where the Commander - or whatever she is now, seeing as she's not actually affiliated with Colony 4 anymore - doesn't recognize him whatsoever; treats him with the same icy respect as she does any other soldier.

Well. At least she's not being cold to him? Which means he's not done anything wrong, per se. That is, if she's even paying attention to her old colony.

Come on, now, Bolearis. No pansying about. If Ethel yet lives, then you can yet live up to her.

Isn't that what she would do?