He gives him a Look. And an eyeroll. But he doesn't continue to argue that point. Not after he sees that wince.
So demonstrative now.
"It has nothing to do with you." He's quick to assure him of that. "That was something she and I made sure of. But I - I liked her. She told me about her world. And all of the secrets behind it. I saw her every day, you know. She took me out and trained me every day. It wasn't long but - " But it was effort. It was genuine effort and interest. And Jacobi responded beautifully to it.
"Anyway, I liked her. And she disappeared." He takes a breath. This is the part he'd written down in his notebook over and over again in different ways, trying to figure out how to explain it correctly. How to put it into words. "And I suddenly looked around this place and saw a shipful of people who didn't give a shit. People who couldn't or wouldn't help. Just years and years of angels and ports and losing people, even though they don't die. Just disappearing and there's not a damn thing to do about it. So I wanted to just blow it all to hell. And Connor - Connor was the most efficient way to do it. I had been fucking with him already because, well, he's annoying. So I just escalated it."
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Date: 2021-08-27 04:04 am (UTC)So demonstrative now.
"It has nothing to do with you." He's quick to assure him of that. "That was something she and I made sure of. But I - I liked her. She told me about her world. And all of the secrets behind it. I saw her every day, you know. She took me out and trained me every day. It wasn't long but - " But it was effort. It was genuine effort and interest. And Jacobi responded beautifully to it.
"Anyway, I liked her. And she disappeared." He takes a breath. This is the part he'd written down in his notebook over and over again in different ways, trying to figure out how to explain it correctly. How to put it into words. "And I suddenly looked around this place and saw a shipful of people who didn't give a shit. People who couldn't or wouldn't help. Just years and years of angels and ports and losing people, even though they don't die. Just disappearing and there's not a damn thing to do about it. So I wanted to just blow it all to hell. And Connor - Connor was the most efficient way to do it. I had been fucking with him already because, well, he's annoying. So I just escalated it."