[audio // @jackwynand56] third transmission. [locked to everyone but angel]

[belowthesea]

Uhhh.

[Why can't he ever sound natural on the network. He clears his throat, and speaks in that deep, authoritative voice with the tone of a frightened child.]

How do you... mm.

[You can do it, Jack. You already went through the trouble of learning how to filter posts.]

I wanna... ask. A girl. Something. How do I... do that.

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[jaglikethecar]

[Jagger realizes he's being an ass, really he does.]

...look. Angel's nice. Anything'll work.

[And now, instead of anger, he just sounds tired.]

You'd better not hurt her, though. She doesn't understand a lot of things people take for granted.

[belowthesea]

[He's silent for a few long moments.]

Can't make promises.

I hurt people a lot. But I don't- want to hurt her.

[jaglikethecar]

Do you even know what I'm talking about?

[belowthesea]

Yeah.

...

Killing people.

[jaglikethecar]

What?! No! I wouldn't-


...Christ, man. No. Or...are you saying you could kill her? Is that a confession?

[belowthesea]

...I'm confused.

[And he's just... not going to elaborate. Okay.]

[jaglikethecar]

I'm not going to kill you if you hurt her. Unless what you're saying is you could kill her, in which case I'm not making any promises, mate.

[belowthesea]

.............

[There's just an uncomfortable silence. He is intimidated and doesn't know what to do.]

[jaglikethecar]

[Jagger is, of course, 100% bluster. He's never even used a gun before, let alone attempted to actually kill anyone.

Jack doesn't need to know that.]

She deserves someone who's going to take care of her, and who's going to teach her all the things she doesn't understand. You get that, yeah?