[It's a little tone deaf-- he isn't actually comparing his own half-life struggles to the loss of her eye. He genuinely means what he says, in this case. She was lucky her eye was all she lost with a shot that close to her skull.
And she's right -- blindness didn't do his paranoia any favors.]
( her own response is a little delayed, ana trying to decipher what exactly gabriel means. given how often he's wished her dead, and had opportunities to kill her, it's hard to be certain whether it's a threat (again) or a simple fact.
she would like, if she can, to take it as a fact. call it foolish hope, though for once she is right )
I am. Perhaps my stubbornness is in my favour.
( that's definitely not how it works but she stupidly stubborn, and if she can't be proud then.... )
[They both know that. But stubbornness doesn't always win wars -- they know that too. If Jack had been more stubborn, maybe Overwatch wouldn't have buckled like it did.
But that still doesn't explain why Ana is checking on him and his sight.]
what do you really want?
[He's incapable of believing that Ana is actually simply concerned about him. Same as Jack -- he's done too much for them to simply forgive, and he doesn't expect them to. Even with the tranquility settling over them, even with the fog in his head taking the wraith from his blood, he knows better.]
what exactly is your end game here? if you're worried about morrison, don't be. i have better things to do than waste my time trying to kill something that doesn't die.
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you're lucky you didn't die.
[It's a little tone deaf-- he isn't actually comparing his own half-life struggles to the loss of her eye. He genuinely means what he says, in this case. She was lucky her eye was all she lost with a shot that close to her skull.
And she's right -- blindness didn't do his paranoia any favors.]
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she would like, if she can, to take it as a fact. call it foolish hope, though for once she is right )
I am. Perhaps my stubbornness is in my favour.
( that's definitely not how it works but she stupidly stubborn, and if she can't be proud then.... )
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[They both know that. But stubbornness doesn't always win wars -- they know that too. If Jack had been more stubborn, maybe Overwatch wouldn't have buckled like it did.
But that still doesn't explain why Ana is checking on him and his sight.]
what do you really want?
[He's incapable of believing that Ana is actually simply concerned about him. Same as Jack -- he's done too much for them to simply forgive, and he doesn't expect them to. Even with the tranquility settling over them, even with the fog in his head taking the wraith from his blood, he knows better.]
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Sombra is probably monitoring him. Not that it would change his reply -- she had already solved that mystery.]
i am not going to keep doing this, ana.
[He can't. Won't. Their time is over, and they all have to move on, regardless of whether or not they miss each other's company.]
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our methods for dealing with the problems in the world don't align.
[No matter how much Jack claims to miss him, he doubts either of them miss him enough to accept what he is.]
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This is about us, nothing else.
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but its not a problem exclusive to earth.
if it was that simple, then we wouldn't even be having this conversation.
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I'm happy to remind you how stubborn I am.
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if you're worried about morrison, don't be.
i have better things to do than waste my time trying to kill something that doesn't die.
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eventually:]
i'm not in any danger.
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( which doesn't mean that she wouldn't help but that that's not why she's worried )
I'm not expecting anything immediate. Just know that I'm watching. That I'm still here.
( that she cares, not that she's watching in wait of his next step )
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you make it hard to forget.
[jerk.]
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