He looked at Peter for a long moment, trying to decide what he wanted to
say to him.
He paused a moment longer to down the rest of the scotch and pour some
more. Being a transgenic meant you needed to work really hard to get drunk.
"It's different for me. Where I'm from. Manticore. They had ways of
convincing you that you didn't care. That feeling bad for taking a life was
stupid." Torture and reprogramming.
He swirled the scotch now in his glass and decided honestly maybe this
time. Peter was getting more from him than most people did in weeks.
"I was eight. There were these... Failed experiments. We called them
anomalies. One escaped. My unit was sent to capture it but it wasn't taking
no for an answer. We were strong, but we were still kids so it was
stronger. It was going to get away and we were going to fail our mission so
I shot it. Him. Went to confirm the kill and realized it had the same code
as me only it was a older version. They called them X3s."
His first kill was technically killing himself which Logan would probably
point out was poetic or something.
"I cried in my bunk that night." He look a long draw of alcohol. "Then one
of the soldiers on duty heard me, came in, and... Convinced me to stop." It
was the last time he cried until Max forced Manticore to be destroyed.
no subject
He looked at Peter for a long moment, trying to decide what he wanted to say to him.
He paused a moment longer to down the rest of the scotch and pour some more. Being a transgenic meant you needed to work really hard to get drunk.
"It's different for me. Where I'm from. Manticore. They had ways of convincing you that you didn't care. That feeling bad for taking a life was stupid." Torture and reprogramming.
He swirled the scotch now in his glass and decided honestly maybe this time. Peter was getting more from him than most people did in weeks.
"I was eight. There were these... Failed experiments. We called them anomalies. One escaped. My unit was sent to capture it but it wasn't taking no for an answer. We were strong, but we were still kids so it was stronger. It was going to get away and we were going to fail our mission so I shot it. Him. Went to confirm the kill and realized it had the same code as me only it was a older version. They called them X3s."
His first kill was technically killing himself which Logan would probably point out was poetic or something.
"I cried in my bunk that night." He look a long draw of alcohol. "Then one of the soldiers on duty heard me, came in, and... Convinced me to stop." It was the last time he cried until Max forced Manticore to be destroyed.