I saw something horrible that was inflicted on you, but Jack is not the one to blame for this. He is as much a victim in this as you are.
[Considering how violently he had attacked and how quickly he left in Egypt, she's actually surprised how long he's stayed to talk, even ordering himself a drink. The more he talks, the more she reminds him of details he seemed to forget and the more she watches how he reacts to those details, the more she starts to get a better picture of things; the man who she had known before is still in there, somewhere, just buried under hurt and pain.]
[She does her best to not look away as he tilts that mask up, catching the barest glimpse of patched, decaying skin beneath. It was unsettling, yes, but she had to remember that he hadn't asked for this. None of them had asked for the tragedies that they went through when Overwatch fell.]
[Eventually their conversation lulls a bit, and she looks into the remaining dregs of her empty teacup.]
Things do change. I've seen that much. But maybe it's time you did some changing as well.
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[Considering how violently he had attacked and how quickly he left in Egypt, she's actually surprised how long he's stayed to talk, even ordering himself a drink. The more he talks, the more she reminds him of details he seemed to forget and the more she watches how he reacts to those details, the more she starts to get a better picture of things; the man who she had known before is still in there, somewhere, just buried under hurt and pain.]
[She does her best to not look away as he tilts that mask up, catching the barest glimpse of patched, decaying skin beneath. It was unsettling, yes, but she had to remember that he hadn't asked for this. None of them had asked for the tragedies that they went through when Overwatch fell.]
[Eventually their conversation lulls a bit, and she looks into the remaining dregs of her empty teacup.]
Things do change. I've seen that much. But maybe it's time you did some changing as well.