[ right. she remembers then, at his words, that jack doesn't know about earth. yuno nods as much as she can, and leans back, falling back onto the heels of her shoes. like this, she can gaze back at him, and-- yeah. that is what heroes do, she supposes. looking at jack without his mask makes her realize how old he is, and that's less of an insult than she can imagine. she thinks that maybe jack's already saved people, then. the age in his face spells out experience to her.

the scar, yes, it's alarming, graphic, and difficult to look at unless you know it's there and you expect it. yuno looks at it and sees proof that jack has survived.

yeah, that's what heroes do. the cool ones in movies who rescue people at the last minute and completely annihilate the villain in the story. jack's some sort hero, even if people don't believe in him. it makes sense; someone who lives a hard life saving lives and going through hell to get where he is, that's not going to be an easy man. jack's difficult with people and yuno can recognize that. but difficult doesn't mean bad or wrong... and it certainly doesn't mean useless.

a shaky smile makes its way across her lips. ]

I forgot that you don't know about Earth. It's the same place I'm going to, so Elizabeth and I... you can leave us on Earth, together. [ it's not yuno offering to go to paris with her, either. it definitely isn't. she has more important things to do, and they'll just go their separate ways and... ]

I keep asking you to do things for me. I'm sorry, Mr. Jack! Whatever you want, I can do it. There's not a whole lot about me that I'm proud of, or things that I'm good at. Actually, it seems like all I can do is kill people, but... I try really hard to make things happen, at least. If you keep trying, then it'll happen, I think.