Not being sure about things wasn't always a safe bet. Being completely lost in and trapped in the middle of something that was just unfolding far too fast for everyone involved wasn't a safe thing either. Hearing things... parts of it made sense, parts of it actually read true with things he knew from the archives... Time Agents were nothing if they weren't thorough. All the records of Takezo, even of Hiro... but none of the time shifts tracked to an event like this... which pushed Jack's mind to know that there was always a choice. Even when things were written, and a part of the future he was from... there was still a choice to be made.
And now it seemed Hiro was giving the choice to Adam, and it wasn't a choice that anyone had a right to, and finally Jack broke, his hand reached into his jacket withdrawing his service pistol firing it into the air and then letting his hand hover at his side, "Enough! Look at the two of you! Arguing over who has the right to end another persons life? Arguing over something that didn't happen?"
Glancing to Hiro, to the young man who had just spoken such a truth that Jack was pretty sure he didn't even realize it himself, "Do you even listen to yourself? This fate you expected Adam to give your own father, you couldn't even give to him. How do you expect him to do something even you yourself couldn't do when pushed up against a wall. People make mistakes, they do the wrong thing... they let the girl go... they tell their friend to take a risk... we all make mistakes, it's what we do after... it's how we make up for it all... you say there are always other ways, but you can't even seem to see it that way for anyone else." He wasn't even sure if he had the right to speak, but at the time he didn't even care. One was asking for death and Jack was afraid Adam might be in the state of mind to grant it with ease.
Now Jack's stare leveled with Adam's for a moment, he didn't know the man that he was looking at now, the anger, the rage... the betrayal... there were parts of Adam that Jack knew he kept to himself, and seeing this in him... Jack knew why now, "Don't do it Adam... everyone has a choice to make... nothing is written in stone. I'm proof... I'm here, forever... I've lived it all over again... and I haven't even been born yet. I'm still here. No matter what anyone does... no matter what anyone is going to do... I am still here. One constant in it all. Make a choice, put down the sword Adam," then his eyes pleaded with him, hoping that he'd see the man he thought he knew for a moment, "Don't do this... please."
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Date: 2007-12-05 08:45 am (UTC)And now it seemed Hiro was giving the choice to Adam, and it wasn't a choice that anyone had a right to, and finally Jack broke, his hand reached into his jacket withdrawing his service pistol firing it into the air and then letting his hand hover at his side, "Enough! Look at the two of you! Arguing over who has the right to end another persons life? Arguing over something that didn't happen?"
Glancing to Hiro, to the young man who had just spoken such a truth that Jack was pretty sure he didn't even realize it himself, "Do you even listen to yourself? This fate you expected Adam to give your own father, you couldn't even give to him. How do you expect him to do something even you yourself couldn't do when pushed up against a wall. People make mistakes, they do the wrong thing... they let the girl go... they tell their friend to take a risk... we all make mistakes, it's what we do after... it's how we make up for it all... you say there are always other ways, but you can't even seem to see it that way for anyone else." He wasn't even sure if he had the right to speak, but at the time he didn't even care. One was asking for death and Jack was afraid Adam might be in the state of mind to grant it with ease.
Now Jack's stare leveled with Adam's for a moment, he didn't know the man that he was looking at now, the anger, the rage... the betrayal... there were parts of Adam that Jack knew he kept to himself, and seeing this in him... Jack knew why now, "Don't do it Adam... everyone has a choice to make... nothing is written in stone. I'm proof... I'm here, forever... I've lived it all over again... and I haven't even been born yet. I'm still here. No matter what anyone does... no matter what anyone is going to do... I am still here. One constant in it all. Make a choice, put down the sword Adam," then his eyes pleaded with him, hoping that he'd see the man he thought he knew for a moment, "Don't do this... please."