[The fondness in his voice is back, but it's a little sad now, too. Jack knows full well that he's missed a substantial chunk of time in everyone's lives. Maybe it's sentimental of him (and he knows better than anyone that sentimentality is dangerous), but he wants to know. These are his people, after all, and he cares about them. Wants to know how they were doing in his absence. There's only so much that snooping around can tell him--given the opportunity to hear straight from the source, of course he's going to take it.]
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[The fondness in his voice is back, but it's a little sad now, too. Jack knows full well that he's missed a substantial chunk of time in everyone's lives. Maybe it's sentimental of him (and he knows better than anyone that sentimentality is dangerous), but he wants to know. These are his people, after all, and he cares about them. Wants to know how they were doing in his absence. There's only so much that snooping around can tell him--given the opportunity to hear straight from the source, of course he's going to take it.]
I missed a lot.