Yeah, and I'm just sayin', people around here get stabbed for less than that.
[ The stereotype that Westerley was a violent, unruly place wasn't exactly an inaccurate one. Jack didn't like the perceptions of people that tended to come with that, since not all of them were bad. Just, you know, most. He'd personally put it at an 80:20 ration of bad to good, but he won't get into that.
Instead, he scoffs with amusement, and his smile pulls up into one that's cocky, but warm. ]
What, thinkin' of goin' two for two here? I'm a little above the paygrade of "personal bodyguard," you know that, right?
[ His tone at least makes it clear that he's joking. Rhys is kind of right, after all. Jack has a pretty vested interest in keeping someone like Rhys safe, so he will, but that doesn't mean he won't joke about it. ]
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[ The stereotype that Westerley was a violent, unruly place wasn't exactly an inaccurate one. Jack didn't like the perceptions of people that tended to come with that, since not all of them were bad. Just, you know, most. He'd personally put it at an 80:20 ration of bad to good, but he won't get into that.
Instead, he scoffs with amusement, and his smile pulls up into one that's cocky, but warm. ]
What, thinkin' of goin' two for two here? I'm a little above the paygrade of "personal bodyguard," you know that, right?
[ His tone at least makes it clear that he's joking. Rhys is kind of right, after all. Jack has a pretty vested interest in keeping someone like Rhys safe, so he will, but that doesn't mean he won't joke about it. ]