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[hooah]

[ It had been a bad idea for anyone to issue him this kind of challenge. Ever since SEP, chemicals of any kind go right through him and alcohol is no different. Apparently these troops hadn't wanted to believe it, or had at least wanted to test the theory, and they've paid the price for it.

Jack had made sure that no one went too far overboard; he didn't want someone getting sick when this was supposed to be about having fun and relaxing for once.

If he's honest, he hadn't expected Ana to hold out for this long, but she'd done a good job of pacing herself. It's kind of nice, now that it's just the two of them and they have a quiet moment to talk.

Jack takes a sip from his drink, something so strong he thinks it might not be legal, and then sets it aside to look Ana over. ]

Most days. [ There's no arguing the point. They're seated on the ground around a dying bonfire, blankets laid out in a circle around it. Jack scoots closer to Ana's spot and tries to find her eyes. ] We're gonna come out on the other end of this, though. [ He says it with conviction. For all that Gabriel is realistic, sometimes to the point where it can sting, Jack's still holding out hope for them. Someone has to. ]

[sleepdarts]

( Ana would be shocked that he didn't expect it from her, though considering how infrequently she does drink it's the safest bet.

It just means that she's a smart drinker when something like this comes around. She has a face to save, and pride. She's not letting her soldiers out drink her if she can get around it.

There's a nod at his comment, and most days Ana finds herself in the middle of their opinions. She wants to have Jack's hope, to believe that they'll be just fine but she's seen enough of the destruction already )

We will. ( Jack certainly would, anyway. Nothing seemed to slow him down, and it occasionally left her in awe ) I only hope the price is not too high.

[hooah]

I'm pretty sure it already is.

[ Jack doesn't feel the need to be anything but honest with someone like Ana. They understand each other implicitly and so he doesn't have to carefully craft what he says to her. That's what drew him to both her and Gabriel to begin with, if he's honest. It can get tiring trying to be so many different things to so many different people.

Both of their homes had taken their brunt of the omnic forces, and that probably went for everyone's home by now. There was very little of the globe that hadn't been affected by the war.

Jack leans back on his hands and shakes his head. ] Doesn't mean we can give up, though. We just have to salvage what's left. [ And hope there's enough to salvage when all is said and done. ]