Jack sighed, but he also smiled. "The system's got good people working to keep it going. It's just not enough sometimes." Hence, extrajudicial killings and the like.

"It means a lot to me, Beetle." He nodded to back up the smile. "And for what it's worth, I know you're not the only one." With most of his allies he would have tossed in a warning not to do anything stupid or make them a target for more suspicions, but not this one. Beetle was a good guy with a good head on his shoulders, and Jack was pretty sure the whole City knew it. He'd be fine. Unless he got shot in the head or something, but that would just be horrible.