Jack didn't answer right away. He'd love to be able to laugh it off and tell her 'no, of course not', but she was asking a serious question and he felt that he owed her an honest answer.
"You were with him for a long time," Jack said. "And I think you're like him in a lot of ways, not just bad ones. I think you picked up a lot of his best qualities and mixed them in with all of your best qualities." He took a breath. "And if you picked up a few of his bad habits on the way, then who can blame you for that?" he told her. "You're probably not even always wrong to be that way. It just... irked a little that you'd try it with me."
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Date: 2009-03-08 06:12 pm (UTC)"You were with him for a long time," Jack said. "And I think you're like him in a lot of ways, not just bad ones. I think you picked up a lot of his best qualities and mixed them in with all of your best qualities." He took a breath. "And if you picked up a few of his bad habits on the way, then who can blame you for that?" he told her. "You're probably not even always wrong to be that way. It just... irked a little that you'd try it with me."