Maybe she would back off if he could make her understand why he never, ever wanted to do this. "Look, a few months after the battle in Los Angeles, there was an attack on the City. I got put into a... magical sleep, trapped in a nightmare. Reliving my wife's murder-" He swallowed. "Reliving the moment I found her body. I held her and cried for two days before I finally woke up."
Jack looked down, then back up. "I never want to go through anything like that again. But now you're talking about making me relive watching my hometown get burned, by my own government. That's why I'm serious when I tell you that if you put me through this simulation, I will make sure people know what you've done."
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Maybe she would back off if he could make her understand why he never, ever wanted to do this. "Look, a few months after the battle in Los Angeles, there was an attack on the City. I got put into a... magical sleep, trapped in a nightmare. Reliving my wife's murder-" He swallowed. "Reliving the moment I found her body. I held her and cried for two days before I finally woke up."
Jack looked down, then back up. "I never want to go through anything like that again. But now you're talking about making me relive watching my hometown get burned, by my own government. That's why I'm serious when I tell you that if you put me through this simulation, I will make sure people know what you've done."