Jack looked over and at her explanation. Oh it wouldn't work, he knew that. It was a clever idea, no doubt, but it would buy them a minute or so, if that. Time they were wasting by being stuck there at all.

He wasn't about to tell her that though. Not in so many words, at least.

His eyes flicked to her face, and he let out a sigh. "Why anyone? Because I was there. Because... we understood. Because I'm about the only person out there that has longer than he does. I don't know, Beatrice."

Again, he looked at the wires. "I know how hard it is to love him," he told her, quiet. So quiet.