[He resists the urge to remind Albert of exactly where Jet had been working the past two and a half decades and how 'being traced' wasn't something he was worried about.]
Shaken up. The somnua who attacked was that friend of hers she was looking for.
It's not a problem anymore.
But she got scraped up pretty bad from falling when I pushed her out of the way. She'll heal, though.
[Albert wasn't the reckless type, but he'd been known to do uncharacteristically stupid things and Jet wasn't so dim as to not be able to pick out the trend.]
[It pulls a small smile from him, bittersweet but somehow nostalgic. The same things he's worried about in the way that Jet operates are some of the same things he's missed so terribly.]
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Shaken up. The somnua who attacked was that friend of hers she was looking for.
It's not a problem anymore.
But she got scraped up pretty bad from falling when I pushed her out of the way. She'll heal, though.
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[He would tell Jet to take care of her but he's certain the man is doing his utmost already. Albert's not the only one with a soft spot for kids.]
We lost too many yesterday.
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Q and Kirk were, but that's it.
Everyone else will be fine, it just might be a little more time before we get get them safe again.
[He'd keep their hope up single-handedly if he had to, but he wasn't about to let Albert's thoughts turn that way without a fight.]
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We'll figure something out. I swear it to you, Jet. We'll get you out. All of you.
[Because he refuses to see another choice.]
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Just don't do anything stupid.
[Albert wasn't the reckless type, but he'd been known to do uncharacteristically stupid things and Jet wasn't so dim as to not be able to pick out the trend.]
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[It pulls a small smile from him, bittersweet but somehow nostalgic. The same things he's worried about in the way that Jet operates are some of the same things he's missed so terribly.]