You're not listening to me. You want to put your fingers in your ears? Fine. But someone did this to us, and they're going to do it again if I don't stop them.
[This isn't about what Reinhardt wants to do or not do--this is the bigger picture, the fact that Overwatch was taken down by someone or something that wanted them gone. The fact that they were set up for failure from the very beginning.
What he won't have is Reinhardt accusing him of doing nothing. Of not caring. Just because their particular brands of justice don't exactly line up anymore, doesn't mean that Jack has been sitting around and twiddling his thumbs while Talon wreaks havoc.]
Everything I ever did was for Overwatch.
[Jack knows, now, what happens when you put too much of yourself into a thing--when it burns up, you burn up too. Some fundamental part of him shattered when Overwatch fell, and though he knows he'll never get it back, his devotion to his people hasn't wavered. That's what's important.]
I stayed dead because otherwise they'll just hurt the rest of you to get to me. That's what they want, Reinhardt. I get to make my own choices, too.
[And he's not sure if his had been the right one, but he's certain he has more information about the issue than the rest of them, and if Jack does anything well, it's commit. He'll do anything to keep his people out of danger, even if that means hurting them himself. Better that than prison or death.]
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[This isn't about what Reinhardt wants to do or not do--this is the bigger picture, the fact that Overwatch was taken down by someone or something that wanted them gone. The fact that they were set up for failure from the very beginning.
What he won't have is Reinhardt accusing him of doing nothing. Of not caring. Just because their particular brands of justice don't exactly line up anymore, doesn't mean that Jack has been sitting around and twiddling his thumbs while Talon wreaks havoc.]
Everything I ever did was for Overwatch.
[Jack knows, now, what happens when you put too much of yourself into a thing--when it burns up, you burn up too. Some fundamental part of him shattered when Overwatch fell, and though he knows he'll never get it back, his devotion to his people hasn't wavered. That's what's important.]
I stayed dead because otherwise they'll just hurt the rest of you to get to me. That's what they want, Reinhardt. I get to make my own choices, too.
[And he's not sure if his had been the right one, but he's certain he has more information about the issue than the rest of them, and if Jack does anything well, it's commit. He'll do anything to keep his people out of danger, even if that means hurting them himself. Better that than prison or death.]