[The silence is not incredibly reassuring, and Isaac's response isn't either. Jack breathes deeply, feeling the urge to panic rising, but he keeps his breaths slow and calm.]
...are they?
[He didn't even know the magnitude of them until he said them. Big words? They must be, if no one had ever spoken them to him before. Of course, why should they, when he was... what he was.
But these words... they mean a lot, don't they, and it means a lot to Jack to know what Isaac really thinks of him saying them. He wants to hold his breath waiting for a proper response, pause everything until he can know what Isaac really thinks.]
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...are they?
[He didn't even know the magnitude of them until he said them. Big words? They must be, if no one had ever spoken them to him before. Of course, why should they, when he was... what he was.
But these words... they mean a lot, don't they, and it means a lot to Jack to know what Isaac really thinks of him saying them. He wants to hold his breath waiting for a proper response, pause everything until he can know what Isaac really thinks.]