[he barks out a laugh, the sound entirely without humor]
They showed up at my house, a week later, broke both my legs in multiple places and then beat me into a coma. [he's pretty sure that yeah, the job went fucking south. he closes his eyes briefly, deflating, once that's out of his mouth, regardless] I'm sorry. It's just -- old wounds and all that.
[for all that it's only been a year since the Merlaut]
Aiden -- they came for his family. They ran him off the road, while he was taking his six-year-old niece up to Pawnee for the weekend. Aiden survived, but the crash killed her. [a beat] The other hacker -- well, I'm pretty sure Aiden killed him, for his involvement in that. Aiden's never taken kindly to people who hurt his family.
[it's a little more complicated, what happened with Iraq, but for once Damien's not trying to lie, through omission or otherwise. he's just trying to nutshell it]
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They showed up at my house, a week later, broke both my legs in multiple places and then beat me into a coma. [he's pretty sure that yeah, the job went fucking south. he closes his eyes briefly, deflating, once that's out of his mouth, regardless] I'm sorry. It's just -- old wounds and all that.
[for all that it's only been a year since the Merlaut]
Aiden -- they came for his family. They ran him off the road, while he was taking his six-year-old niece up to Pawnee for the weekend. Aiden survived, but the crash killed her. [a beat] The other hacker -- well, I'm pretty sure Aiden killed him, for his involvement in that. Aiden's never taken kindly to people who hurt his family.
[it's a little more complicated, what happened with Iraq, but for once Damien's not trying to lie, through omission or otherwise. he's just trying to nutshell it]