"No," Jack said with a laugh. "I wasn't always like this, you know. I didn't get it, all that stuff. There was this girl I knew, she was a few years older than me and once, she brought me out to the beach --right about here, actually-- and she kissed me. I had no idea what was going on. But she... well she knew perfectly well, right down to the last detail."
It was funny, Jack thought, when he looked at himself as a child, he couldn't in many ways see the man he turned into. He doubted he'd recognise himself as the same person. And then in so many ways? He was still exactly the same.
"Oh he was," Jack agreed, "he was. I thought he knew everything. He used to bring the prototypes home, we had them all over the place. You know they're really not all that dangerous if you just programme them right."
He looked over and offered him a fond smile, "And don't you worry, I'll protect you while you're sleeping."
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Date: 2010-03-17 06:39 pm (UTC)It was funny, Jack thought, when he looked at himself as a child, he couldn't in many ways see the man he turned into. He doubted he'd recognise himself as the same person. And then in so many ways? He was still exactly the same.
"Oh he was," Jack agreed, "he was. I thought he knew everything. He used to bring the prototypes home, we had them all over the place. You know they're really not all that dangerous if you just programme them right."
He looked over and offered him a fond smile, "And don't you worry, I'll protect you while you're sleeping."