Sometimes understating it is all people can handle.
[ because those who've never seen what they've seen just don't get it. that's part of the reason why jack withheld that bit of information from his team for so long. there are times when he wonders if telling them before he took off at the sound of the TARDIS whooshing against the rift would've done any good, but he's tampered with time on his own terms enough to know that wondering any more than he already has won't do him any good. ]
When you're sitting on the wrong side of 2,000...
[ he shrugs like that's nothing, but considering he was only over 100 last time they addressed his age, it's evident that something happened to accelerate him to an age well past the doctor's. oddly enough, what happened with gray isn't what's eating him up inside these days. it's the loss of his friends and co-worker. it's esther, who paid the ultimate price to do her part in stopping the miracle. it's the grandson he sacrificed to the 456 so that one life would take the place of billions.
but in true jack form, he mentions none of it. ]
Oh, I've been better. Not too bad, all things considered. You know how that goes.
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[ because those who've never seen what they've seen just don't get it. that's part of the reason why jack withheld that bit of information from his team for so long. there are times when he wonders if telling them before he took off at the sound of the TARDIS whooshing against the rift would've done any good, but he's tampered with time on his own terms enough to know that wondering any more than he already has won't do him any good. ]
When you're sitting on the wrong side of 2,000...
[ he shrugs like that's nothing, but considering he was only over 100 last time they addressed his age, it's evident that something happened to accelerate him to an age well past the doctor's. oddly enough, what happened with gray isn't what's eating him up inside these days. it's the loss of his friends and co-worker. it's esther, who paid the ultimate price to do her part in stopping the miracle. it's the grandson he sacrificed to the 456 so that one life would take the place of billions.
but in true jack form, he mentions none of it. ]
Oh, I've been better. Not too bad, all things considered. You know how that goes.