PETEY: The safest thing for you to do is retire here.
PARA: For my own good, right?
PETEY: Obviously. But for everyone else's as well.
PARA: That's laying it on thick, Petey.
PETEY: You played the part of the responsible, courageous patriot once.
Your retirement is an extension of that role, only with hobbies like "painting" and "pedagogy."
PARA: Okay, no. That was laying it on thick.
PETEY: And that is a nice segue into painting.