It’s ironic. Clones wanted names instead of numbers, yet now people are signing up to be given numbers.
You can trust numbers. They’re honest. There is no mystery or deception or allegory. You know where you stand. What you see is what you get.
Twenty-five was the magic number. If you survived 25 missions, they sent you home and built bond tours around you.
The numbers don’t add up differently the more you look at them.
