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☼ ┈ It was suspicious. Then again, Jack found a lot of things suspicious - particularly so in recent years. He was distrusting of everyone and everything, so of course his internal alarms would ring incessantly upon discovering their most recent recruit had defected from Talon. It wasn’t common knowledge, but old habits die as hard as old soldiers do, and the former Strike Commander still found himself making everything on base his business.
While she’d been assisting Ov.erwatch for some time now as a double agent with Talon, Jack was certain there was deceit lining her every word, driving her every action. After all, he’d always been quite obstinate when it came to loyalty, and it was difficult to remember the trait didn’t run so strongly in everyone’s blood. It probably wouldn’t be far-fetched to say loyalty wasn’t so strong in anyone other than the soldier. As much damage as the fall had done to his character, his beliefs, his everything, there was still a single thread of devotion tying him to Ov.erwatch. Two or three threads, perhaps. Enough to drag him back to a movement he didn’t believe in.
So here he stood, underhandedly and mostly subconsciously trying to control the organization that once was his - or never was his, if he had to face the facts. It was always the U.N.’s; he was no more than a puppet, a device whose controls were in the hands of a greedy, many-headed monster. As little desire as he had to be in the same position (none at all, as a matter of fact), it wasn’t so easy to watch someone else step in.
Naturally, he felt it was his job to preserve the safety of the organization, which was his excuse for keeping an eye on the young girl over the course of a couple weeks. She kept to herself, and she seemed to contribute more than some of the other new members. She did quite a bit for them, actually, but it only fanned the fire that was Jack’s paranoia.
“Insomnia, was it?” Voice gruff and just slightly muffled by the mask he wore even on base, the soldier slid into the seat across from Sombra at the table. He generally didn’t care to bother others while they ate, but it was one of the more convenient places to catch her. “You know, there are quite a few of the friendly types around here. I’m sure you could find a few to socialize with instead of spending so much time alone.”
