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[the_prodigal_son]

It was my birthday on the first.

I think.

[That's it. That's all he has to say.

He doesn't even look that excited.]

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[the_prodigal_son]

[...He pauses, and then looks at his wrench as if he's noticing it for the first time. This is, in fact, the first time he considered why he has it.]

...It's my wrench.

[There's a small, subtle emphasis on "my". It's his wrench. His. He owns it. Wrench (c) him.]

[video]

[tofudog]

Uh-huh?

[Go on... The wrench has to be a safe topic. How much trauma could a simple tool have attached to it? Not much, he thinks! Especially since Jack obviously likes the thing.]

[video]

[the_prodigal_son]

Some splicer dropped it, I guess, and I... Uh....

[A look of terror dawns onto his face. That was when he met Atlas... Picking this thing up was the first command he received. The first proof he can clearly remember of being controlled. He squeezes his eyes shut tight, taking a shaky deep breath as his knuckles turn white around the wrench. And when he opens his eyes again he just looks horrified.]

I killed a lot of people with it.

[He would have gladly beaten Fontaine to death with it if he hadn't really needed guns and plasmids to kill him.]

[video]

[tofudog]

Uh.

[OOPS.]

Why did you keep it?

[video]

[the_prodigal_son]

...I don't want to leave it.

[Jack shudders and hugs the wrench to himself. The wrench is safe. Nothing can hurt him while he at least has the wrench.]

Professor Xavier said I couldn't keep my guns.

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[tofudog]

Oh, okay.

[He gets it. Beast Boy got so caught up in the smokes, booze, and tattoos that he forgot Jack is kinda younger than him. It's an easy mistake to make with someone who looks and sounds at least 20.]

It's better to stop people without like, shooting holes in them and stuff, anyway. That's what I think.