"I'm not hopeful for the SEA passing," JP said, "for the record, and anyone who's putting stock in these people letting us go after having proven time and time again that these kinds of assets are useful in the field? You think the government's really gonna let that go with a sorry for illegally taking you away as a kid and locking you up for life?"
He did, however, sigh when Marshall mentioned his own family. JP shouldn't have been surprised really. A lot of the people that worked here had to have some kind of familial reason for wanting to lock themselves up and partake in what might as well have been - for some - ritualised torture. Becoming government lackeys couldn't just be something someone wanted to do as a career choice. No one was that heartless, right?
"I'm not that stupid, Marshall," he pointed out in the face of the Handler's angle. "I went on missions before I came here, I've been on missions since I arrived. I'm not dead so it's pretty obvious I can pull my head outta my ass when I'm on the field."
But it was clear he wasn't winning this argument. He coughed to hide his laugh when the hose exploded and ended up spraying Marshall. He was pretty convinced that was karma coming to bite the guy in the ass for waking him up so fucking early.
Waiting until Marshall had left the room, JP pulled a towel from his closet and changed into some clean clothes, disliking intensely how much the carpet squelched underfoot as he walked out of his room and into the corridor, stifling a yawn and scrubbing his hand through his hair that was still damp as towel drying wasn't all that effective. Strands sticking up every which way, he yawned again and waited by the staircase for Marshall to be done with the water.
At least his shit was getting replaced.
"I'm guessing you've booked out the hologym," he said as Marshall reapproached. He rubbed at his eyes, wondering if he was actually going to be effective at all on the basis that he was fucking exhausted. "Because what wouldn't make this day better?" And he hadn't even had any coffee.