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WHO: Jonathan Sims, Ojiro Sniper, Soldier: 76, Roxas, anyone else
WHERE: safehouse, fighting rings
WHEN: various late November/December
WHAT: OPEN prompt for Jonathan
NOTES OR WARNINGS: violence, some mild horror imagery with eyes and worms

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[personalwar]

"In that case of the Natha..."

It's something that Jack's put some thought to before, though he hasn't had to consider it in detail for a few months now. He sighs and crosses his arms.

"If our worlds really were destroyed, or at least on the brink of it, and they had the power to rescue some of us from that, then my guess is that they prioritized people they thought would be useful."

If he thinks about it with a detachment from any personal feelings about it, Jack can admit that it had been the practical, strategic choice.

[deicider]

"But how did they know?" Sniper presses. "Were you a public figure? Was everyone? If we want to apply the same logic to why this god or whatever took us, how did it know we were 'useful', and what does it think we're useful for?"

[personalwar]

The question about whether or not he was a public figure gives Jack pause, but only for a moment. He does have an answer to this, and it has nothing to do with how well-known he may or may not have been, back home.

"It seemed like the Natha had some amount of telepathic ability." He still remembers the nametags they'd been given, back when they'd first landed on El Nysa. They'd been stapled to their shirts and couldn't be removed no matter what they did -- which was unfortunate, given that they put personal details about them on display.

"I'm guessing they had a way of getting insight into each of us, so that they could decide who to grab."

He's got a sour look on his face as he shrugs. He was never a fan of the Natha and he never will be.

[deicider]

Sniper, unerring ad their name, is hard to shake. They are interested in the details of selection, but they're interested in Jack, too. They're good at multitasking. "So Natha had every choice in the world and he chose Jack Miller. Why?"

[personalwar]

There's a moment of pause, not just at the forward question, but at the last name. Not the correct one, but the fake one he'd picked here as a means to protect himself. There is some comfort in knowing that he's at least got that to keep close to his chest.

"Guess because I'm a soldier," he says with a shrug, an attempt to be casual. "And if I've survived this long, it must mean I'm not half bad at it."