Quote Originally Posted by Peelee View Post
Especially since, as an army captain and soon-to-be secret elite strike force member (and especially one who has a "if you must hurt someone, hurt me instead" mentality), he may figure hed rather not when he could die any day.
I've been ambivalent on the topic, but this is what convinced me that it isn't a comment on being asexual. It's a much deeper interpretation than "exactly what it says on the tin" and, frankly, more relevant to the overarching themes of the book than if it were some kind of token.

(Disclaimer: I haven't read my GDGU in a while so I can't remember the exact context of O-Chul's line.)