[The sad part of that is that, when Jack spoke about her, he'd definitely sounded convinced that they were family. That there had been problems, but he kept things given to him from her close.]

I don't think it was a lie but I still don't think it's great for her.

You know, when I was a cop, um... In homicide, we'd get called to a lot of houses that our domestic violence unit had visited a shitload? And we'd open up these files that were thick as fuck, where neighbors would call the cops because of things they heard or the woman had called or the kid had called or something. And by the time cops got there the first time everything was always, 'Yeah, we made up. Everything's great. It was just an argument.'

So I don't doubt he meant it. Just uh... sometimes that really doesn't work out when you haven't dealt with your other issues and it sounds like he's got a whole planet worth he's still dealing with. And I gotta imagine she's still got a way to go on her own. Of course, shit like those old cases doesn't happen here. One of the few things about this place I'd never fucking trade for anything.

[He wants his bullshit imaginary land places to be free of that crap, thanks.]