[That's a lot to take in, bud. He makes a halfhearted effort to slot it away as not his problem, to take the Occam's Razor approach and assume the guy is just kind of fucking with him. But the matter-of-factness of it all doesn't quite add up to that. Definitely not with Jack's whole demeanor prior. If he's jerking his chain, he's committed to the bit.
Could still be a bunch of crap. But he doesn't think so.]
Most people are.
[It's not a "no." (Of course, it's not exactly a "yes," either.) There's really no reason to be so evasive about it unless it actually matters, and it matters a lot. Not the dying, necessarily. But the everything else around it.
So, y'know. It's a much touchier topic for him. Thus the loaded language, the coming at it sideways. Still, Jack's got his attention in a way that he hadn't expected. He presses his luck.]
You don’t seem particularly broken up about all that.
no subject
Could still be a bunch of crap. But he doesn't think so.]
Most people are.
[It's not a "no." (Of course, it's not exactly a "yes," either.) There's really no reason to be so evasive about it unless it actually matters, and it matters a lot. Not the dying, necessarily. But the everything else around it.
So, y'know. It's a much touchier topic for him. Thus the loaded language, the coming at it sideways. Still, Jack's got his attention in a way that he hadn't expected. He presses his luck.]
You don’t seem particularly broken up about all that.
[Can’t relate!]