Jackie doesn't have as clear an understanding of the situation as V does. He didn't have to go through it--being told you're dying and your consciousness is slowly being overwritten by someone else's with no choice to opt out. All he knows is that Johnny had been in V's head causing him trouble up until the point he would have killed him.
Neither Street Kid or Nomad went into specifics about options they did or didn't take to expedite or slow the process, but he is aware of one instance where Kerry had met Johnny while he'd taken control of V's body. Likely against his will--Jackie doesn't know for sure-- but it's enough that he feels like he can deck Johnny right in his face and he'd fucking deserve it.
"They're just dreams. Whatever this place is, it's not Mikoshi. That ain't because I have any idea what Mikoshi's like but I know there'd be no reason for them to put any of us with people we care about like this. This shit is too benevolent for that." Well, missing Misty aside, the V's seem to be surrounded by their loved ones and that shit doesn't happen for people who have no reason to give out favors.
"Hey, I'm real." Jackie takes the bottle from his friend so he can take the hand that had been holding it just prior. Platonic or not, their friendship is a deep enough connection that the synchrony going on between them is palpable. "And if you can feel that at all you're real too. Ain't much but you can start there, okay?"
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Neither Street Kid or Nomad went into specifics about options they did or didn't take to expedite or slow the process, but he is aware of one instance where Kerry had met Johnny while he'd taken control of V's body. Likely against his will--Jackie doesn't know for sure-- but it's enough that he feels like he can deck Johnny right in his face and he'd fucking deserve it.
"They're just dreams. Whatever this place is, it's not Mikoshi. That ain't because I have any idea what Mikoshi's like but I know there'd be no reason for them to put any of us with people we care about like this. This shit is too benevolent for that." Well, missing Misty aside, the V's seem to be surrounded by their loved ones and that shit doesn't happen for people who have no reason to give out favors.
"Hey, I'm real." Jackie takes the bottle from his friend so he can take the hand that had been holding it just prior. Platonic or not, their friendship is a deep enough connection that the synchrony going on between them is palpable. "And if you can feel that at all you're real too. Ain't much but you can start there, okay?"