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☞ 023. (audio)

If anyone ever catches me talking like I did this weekend — seriously, if I ever sound like that again...

[He sighs.] Just shoot me or something. I mean it, I'm not kidding. Please.

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No.

Why not?

Because I think death is a pretty permanent solution to a temporary curse.

[Not that they stay dead, but stick with her here, Jack.]

No one in their right mind is going to hold it against you.

I said shoot me, not kill me. [Because there is totally a huge difference.] It's not like it'd be the first time, anyway.

I know how to shoot a gun, but my aim still needs work. You really want to get caught up in the details?

[She'll aim for his foot and somehow catch his head. That's just how it'll work out.]

There shouldn't been a first time to begin with, though.

[There's a pause, and then he sighs again.]

It's kind of hard to avoid, when you're stuck in a city full of crazy people who want you dead. [Not to mention the less-crazy ex-people armed with giant drills and rivet guns.]

I can't say I feel your pain, but I do know of one city that's full of crazy people, but none of them want you dead. There's a lot less worry.

[She may have to eat part of that sentence.]

[That doesn't seem to lift his spirits very much. Sorry, Angela.]

Can't say I really know what that's like... Except for the time I've spent here, I guess.

Where do you think I'm talking about Jack?

[Wait, Angela. Are you telling somebody that the City could be good for something again? No, please go sit down. You know where this leads.]

[Oh. Good thing she can't see him blush at that.]

I, uh... I knew that. [Totally.]

No, you didn't. No need to lie about it. [Sorry to call him out, but at least she does it with an audible smile.] Can I say that the suit was a nice touch aside from everything else? You should wear it more often.

Er... [Yeah, he's still blushing.] What would I wear it for? I don't really do anything that needs to be...you know, fancy.

Work is always an option.

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I'm not sure. I rather enjoyed it.

[Oh, Turlough. You know just how to make him blush.]

I mean— The weekend wasn't all bad, but... [He doesn't ever want to sound that much like Andrew Ryan ever again.]

It was just a curse, Jack. No one's going to hold it against you.

[He knows that, but...] What if I do?

Then you're an idiot.

[He should've expected that, really.]

I know no one else would hold it against me, but... If it happens again, I'd just like someone to snap me out of it.

If it was that simple to rid yourself of a curse, don't you think it'd be a more popular move?

[Stop using logic on him, Turlough.]

Well... Okay, if that doesn't work, then at the very least I could be incapacitated or something until it wears off.

You didn't hurt anyone. Besides, I seem to recall you having a rather good time. Go easy on yourself for once.

[It's all sensible advice, but Jack is a little too stubborn to give into sensibility just yet.]

Maybe, but I... I don't want to think like that again. I don't want to look up to a man like Andrew Ryan, or — or think of Rapture as home.