On top of that Blackwatch had been suspended- made it that much more difficult to get around the red tape, if at all. Still tried, had gotten McCree out there in strategic places but, well. He'd left hadn't he? They had been losing agents to either them leaving or hands being forced to retirement. One hit after the other, the Ecopoint in Antartica lost during a storm and no one being able to get out there to them, the location lost and... no man power left to go looking for them.
Hands tied on even trying.
Gabriel tilted his head to rest against Jack's shoulder slightly. "Unless you want me to dig in to the mocha energy bar, we're still waiting for food to heat up." Lightly as he could, trying to tease despite still able to see what was on the television. Trying t keep Jack more focused on him rather than falling in to the hole of... just how much they'd lost. The extent of what they had survived and crawled out of hours and hours ago.
All the more reason there had to be people on the inside, people that knew very well how things worked and how to effectively cover tracks.
He couldn't help but squint- she look harassed in a way, didn't she? As if she was forced to stop her efforts of helping those being pulled out of the rubble, as if someone had forced her on camera in the first place. Harassed, exhausted, and that look of grief in her eyes no matter how her expression was schooled-
"... Are they asking her about us?" Thought he'd caught something.
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Date: 2019-07-04 10:30 am (UTC)Hands tied on even trying.
Gabriel tilted his head to rest against Jack's shoulder slightly. "Unless you want me to dig in to the mocha energy bar, we're still waiting for food to heat up." Lightly as he could, trying to tease despite still able to see what was on the television. Trying t keep Jack more focused on him rather than falling in to the hole of... just how much they'd lost. The extent of what they had survived and crawled out of hours and hours ago.
All the more reason there had to be people on the inside, people that knew very well how things worked and how to effectively cover tracks.
He couldn't help but squint- she look harassed in a way, didn't she? As if she was forced to stop her efforts of helping those being pulled out of the rubble, as if someone had forced her on camera in the first place. Harassed, exhausted, and that look of grief in her eyes no matter how her expression was schooled-
"... Are they asking her about us?" Thought he'd caught something.