JACK
"As do I," Jack says emphatically, though there's very little warmth in the smile he flashes across the table to Maea; not because of anything she's said, necessarily, but because thoughts of revenge need to be icy, in his opinion. Nodding to hear that she has a further two questions for him, the captain waits expectantly for them to paint the air between them, flicking his gaze over the Ancient's shoulder so he might catch the eye of a server for another drink.
"I don't regret it for a second," he tells her easily. "I didn't go gently into death - I was pushed and cut and stabbed there before I was ready." Chances are he will never be ready, but especially not at the point when Pierce had been skewering him over and over again. "So, yeah. It's worth it to be alive again. I'm sure Mort's halls are real peaceful for those who want to be there, but not for me. Got too much to do to sit around dead."
"I don't regret it for a second," he tells her easily. "I didn't go gently into death - I was pushed and cut and stabbed there before I was ready." Chances are he will never be ready, but especially not at the point when Pierce had been skewering him over and over again. "So, yeah. It's worth it to be alive again. I'm sure Mort's halls are real peaceful for those who want to be there, but not for me. Got too much to do to sit around dead."
it's not your fault that you're always wrong
the weak ones are there to justify the strong
the weak ones are there to justify the strong
- Secret Telepath
- Functionally Immortal (Forever 35)
- Two small star tattoos beneath his left eye
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