Editing Sean Gilpatrick (section)

==Personality==
In front of students, his personality is that of a member of ex-military—hard, stern, and with a lack of compassion.<ref name="II1.1 1" /> He made it his objective to make people quit; [[Jasper]] summarized his speech to the students as that "he isn’t going to pay anyone, job prospects suck, and he’s going to make people march in the heat and the cold for miles while carrying unreasonable burdens."<ref>“I think he’s saving it for the deeper explanation later.  He mostly talked about how he was going to make it his objective to make people quit, he isn’t going to pay anyone, job prospects suck, he’s going to make people march in the heat and the cold for miles while carrying unreasonable burdens.  The ‘five pounds’ speech isn’t bad, you know.  It gets through to the kids,” Jasper said.  For all that he was defending the speech, he smirked a bit. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2017/09/11/daybreak-1-1/ Excerpt] from [[Daybreak 1.1]]</ref> In combat, Gilpatrick is serious, transforming into a soldier.<ref>Gilpatrick looked like an entirely different man, with the tension in his face and neck.  He’d ceased being the tough-but-fair teacher and had become the soldier who had fought real-as-shit monsters. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/04/21/pitch-6-3/ Excerpt] from [[Pitch 6.3]]</ref> However, outside of this context, he is amiable and got along well with his squad captains. [[Victoria]] described him as 'likable'; [[Looksee]] got the same impression of him.<ref>“I finished picking out the code and put up my projections just before they came around the corner.  They rolled up and stopped because they had a bunch of guns pointed at them.  I called the guy Victoria mentioned-”<br/><br/>“Gilpatrick,” I said.<br/><br/>“Yes!  I feel bad for forgetting his name.  He’s nice.  I really like him.”<br/><br/>“You like everyone,” Chris said.<br/><br/>“He’s likable,” I said.  “One of my favorite people.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/04/21/pitch-6-3/ Excerpt] from [[Pitch 6.3]]</ref>

He tends to sympathize with [[Parahuman]]s, yet the crime-related part of his work weighs on him.<ref name="II19.b"/>

===Relationships===
====[[Victoria Dallon]]====
Gilpatrick considers Victoria a friend.<ref>He stood, circling around his desk.  I backed away a little as he did, which was his cue to stop.<br/><br/>I wasn’t sure how to respond, how to ask.<br/><br/>“By the way,” he said.  “As far as I’m concerned, there’s no need to count.  I consider you a friend, and I feel like a piece of shit for setting you up to fail like that.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2017/11/30/daybreak-1-7/ Excerpt] from [[Daybreak 1.7]]</ref> He respects and believes in her, and comes to her for advice and help.<ref>“I wish,” he said.  “Can’t give them guns until later.  Give me a week, we’ll see how many of them I can get rid of.  Can you show your face downstairs for me, so they know who to look for?”<br/><br/>“Sure,” I said.  “Let me get organized and I’ll be right there.”<br/><br/>He didn’t step out of the doorway.  His arms remained folded, and he had paper in one of his hands, held where I might not notice it.<br/><br/>“…Actually,” he said.<br/><br/>“No,” I said.  I gave him a stern look.  “No.  Don’t ‘actually’ me.  Please.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2017/09/11/daybreak-1-1/ Excerpt] from [[Daybreak 1.1]]</ref> After revealing her 'test' at the [[Norfair Community Center Attack|Norfair Community Center]], he reluctantly fired her, but promised to vouch for her and apologized profusely for putting her in that situation.<ref name="II1.7 2">“Victoria,” he said.<br/><br/>“Yeah?”<br/><br/>“Any favor you need, reference letter, intel, if you need Jasper or some other trustworthy faces in uniform to lend a hand with something…”<br/><br/>“Thank you,” I said, my voice lighter and more cheerful than I felt.  “I’ll be in touch.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2017/11/30/daybreak-1-7/ Excerpt] from [[Daybreak 1.7]]</ref> He expressed considerable concern for Victoria when she asked to stay the night at the patrol block's office.<ref name="II1.7 3">He scrutinized me.<br/><br/>“I’m worried here, for the record,” he said.<br/><br/>“I’ll manage,” I said.  “I’ve managed this far.”<br/><br/>“You have my number,” he said.<br/><br/>“Yeah.”<br/><br/>“You call if you need anything.”<br/><br/><br/><br/>“Yeah.”<br/><br/>“And you… be here in the morning when I show up.  Which will be well before the kids do.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2017/11/30/daybreak-1-7/ Excerpt] from [[Daybreak 1.7]]</ref> He didn't push when Victoria said she didn't want to talk about things, though.<ref>“I don’t want to pry,” Gilpatrick said.<br/><br/>“About Ossuary?”<br/><br/>“About you.  I spent a while thinking about what to do.  I’ve had some good bosses and bad bosses over the years.  When you throw yourself into the fray like you do when you’re a PRT squaddie, you really need to know that the people above you are looking out for you.  That your back is covered.”<br/><br/>“Yeah,” I said.  Same applied to family, to parents.<br/><br/>“I don’t want to push boundaries or cross any lines, and I don’t want to ask the wrong thing.  When you say you don’t want to talk, can I ask why?  Any answer you gave could help me make sure I’m covering your back as you move on to better things.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2017/12/01/daybreak-1-8/ Excerpt] from [[Daybreak 1.8]]</ref>

Victoria saw him as one of her close allies, along with [[Crystal]] and [[Jessica Yamada]].<ref>One of the few advantages our side had was that the heroes tended to work together.  If we did it right, we walked away with allies.  I had people like Gilpatrick, Crystal, and Mrs. Yamada. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/01/16/glare-3-4/ Excerpt] from [[Glare 3.4]]</ref>