[He's not talking only about the tags. But they're a weight around his neck, a reminder that his survival was only at the sacrifice of another. The weaker man's sacrifice was Jacob's salvation. The same thing Jacob is doing for Joseph.]
I think one can regret something while still believing it was the best course of action at the time. I regret what I did to survive in Ashenden, but I wouldn't change it. It was wrong, but it was also necessary.
Not really. Unless there's anything you'd like from me. [He's not in a hurry to leave, has no where else to be, and would rather be with company than not. But he has no reason to stay either unless Jacob wants him to.]
[He leans back on the bed, the pillows against his back.]
No. I was going to watch my show in fucking silence. C'mon.
[He takes out his phone and holds it up, inviting Norton to join him if he wants. The screen is small, but still able to play the wildlife show he's seen a dozen times.]
[Norton does few things in silence, and watching any sort of show or film is not one of those things. So Jacob is going to be subjected to bursts of commentary, observations, and quips throughout. To his eyes, Alaska looks a lot like Montana. There are tall mountains and endless forests and large mammals and it all looks so much less domesticated than even the most rural parts of England. He wonders if that's the appeal for Jacob.]
[Jacob doesn't mind the chatter. As long as he can get away with a few grunts of acknowledgement or short answers, he's happy enough. But he does let Norton know that he's right. He likes these shows because he wants to be there. If he can't be in nature, he'll do this.]
Although I will point out that I routinely ask if you want anything and this is the first I've heard about a television. You can ask me to do things without it being begging. Plenty of very butch people have asked me to do things for them in a manner that was not at all like begging.
Anyhoo, I'll ask the Admiral for a television and a..Dee-Vee-Dee player. Also in a commanding, not begging sort of way. I think the Admiral likes it when I'm a bit forceful.
No, it's just the letters. You don't have to draw them out. DVD. Three letters. But a portable one. [He got the idea from Astarion's. He can watch his shows anywhere he wants.]
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Date: 2024-08-20 01:48 pm (UTC)Only you'd think of a jacket as a war trophy. I have - my music box. Nothing else.
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Date: 2024-09-03 07:59 pm (UTC)Have you acquired anything special here on the Barge?
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Date: 2024-09-03 08:11 pm (UTC)Well. Mae, I guess.
[But nothing else. Why should he keep anything when it's all going to disappear?]
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Date: 2024-09-07 02:43 am (UTC)And growing up so fast. Before you know it she'll be stepping out with handsome young dogs and breaking their hearts.
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Date: 2024-09-07 02:45 am (UTC)She's already got her sights set on Moose.
[He reaches up to his necklaces, where his dog tags are, and pauses.]
Oh. I - got this, I guess.
[He untucks it from his shirt to hold out to Norton. They're his tags, of course, but attached, on a smaller chain, are Miller's.]
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Date: 2024-09-09 07:34 pm (UTC)[Then Jacob reaches for his dog tags and Norton leans forward to view, all the joking about Mae put aside.]
You've carried that for a long time.
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Date: 2024-09-09 07:40 pm (UTC)[He's not talking only about the tags. But they're a weight around his neck, a reminder that his survival was only at the sacrifice of another. The weaker man's sacrifice was Jacob's salvation. The same thing Jacob is doing for Joseph.]
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Date: 2024-09-11 06:49 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2024-09-13 09:28 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-09-13 09:33 pm (UTC)[It comes out in a snap.]
Drop it.
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Date: 2024-09-15 01:04 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-09-15 01:06 am (UTC)Good. Was there anything else?
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Date: 2024-09-16 01:02 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-09-16 01:07 am (UTC)No. I was going to watch my show in fucking silence. C'mon.
[He takes out his phone and holds it up, inviting Norton to join him if he wants. The screen is small, but still able to play the wildlife show he's seen a dozen times.]
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Date: 2024-09-17 03:37 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-09-17 04:13 pm (UTC)Be easier if I had a TV or DVD player.
[Which is a pointed hint...]
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Date: 2024-09-18 03:43 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-09-18 11:15 am (UTC)[He switches the episode.]
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Date: 2024-09-19 04:58 am (UTC)Although I will point out that I routinely ask if you want anything and this is the first I've heard about a television. You can ask me to do things without it being begging. Plenty of very butch people have asked me to do things for them in a manner that was not at all like begging.
Anyhoo, I'll ask the Admiral for a television and a..Dee-Vee-Dee player. Also in a commanding, not begging sort of way. I think the Admiral likes it when I'm a bit forceful.
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Date: 2024-09-20 01:35 am (UTC)I didn't want anything like that until now.
I'm losing my goddamn mind.
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Date: 2024-09-21 04:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-09-21 05:40 pm (UTC)Sounds good. Now you can get out.