[He's waking up from the bed.. after spending a few days, holding to his wounds.
Now standing up ... his wound has recovered, but he's still not fit for full combat yet.]
"You'll promise me if anything goes wrong out there... the first thing you will do is call me.
.... I may sit this one out for now, but that's only temporarily ..."
[He responds, now leaning back against the hospital bed, going into a coughing fit.]
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"I'd have say 'no' right now and went ahead...
... But you genuinely care, that's honesty I haven't seen in years.
It's always been only me and kid, no one else out in this world trying to live normally."
[Setting his gaze on their purple eyes,.]
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It's like we're a bunch of lonely people testing the limit to see how much pain we can bear
Not too much and not too little, so the world feels much more familiar
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[He stands up, limping and reaching for the nearest gun, loading it.]
" .... I have to go out there ... I'm not...
... Letting .... Others ...
..... Disappear on ..... Who... They cherish..."
[Squinting his eyes towards them, shaking his head.
If she was going to go and leave everyone else behind, he might aswell go into battle right now.
A mere wound couldn't hold him back like this, right?!
That was the only place where he could keep his child safe.]
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"One is probably a parent, the other is probably a lover, the other is probably a child who was meant to be picked up by their parents...
... But never saw the light of day again because of those control freaks who took over."
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[Jet Pack takes his time to continue breathing, to regain more energy just to speak, even if his heart was no longer exposed.
It still felt as if his heart was going to stop, or was gonna have an attack of some type.
Nonetheless, he could handle something as extreme as that.]
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"You know...
I'll be... back out there.. by tomorrow."
[He says, even with her out of sight by now, the first thing Jet Pack was going to do next once he felt better was going to stand up, and go back on the fight.]
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[He's done so much in his life, but achieved so little.
The next time he's waking up, he's gonna be sure to turn the latter into something much more significant.
Now coughing violently, trying to catch his breath.]
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