"You're going to have to get proficient," Matt warns him. "We practically live in this stuff. There are few reasons to remove it, if there are any."

With that he sets the pad aside and looks at David. "This is good stuff. Your life will depend on it someday. Possibly some day soon. I'm going to teach you about handling it. How to maintain and improve it the best we can. How to move in it. How to live in it."

Another person might almost expect him to say 'make love in it' from the fond way he spoke of the armor, looked at it. Perhaps even David would expect it, but it wasn't likely with them both being Spartans. The work was all that mattered.