They don't touch him, and that's fucking weird as shit, but Jack does his best to hold still until it's over, muscles stiff and jaw tight.
He's not in terrible health: he's got the start of a chronic cough from continually smoking unfiltered cigarettes, and his lungs show the wear and tear of years of tar- and poison-laden smoke being breathed in near every hour of the day. A heavy drinker, his liver is showing some signs of damage, and, of course, there's his leg (broken and healed in three places).
Along with a slew of other healed injuries, all blunt force and trauma: broken bones long since healed, torn cartilage in one knee, vitamin deficiency from a diet which almost solely consists of protein and processed foods.
He's been put through the wringer, has Jack, but it ain't so bad. At least he can still walk. Can't say that for every cowboy who's tried to stick those eight seconds in the ring.
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He's not in terrible health: he's got the start of a chronic cough from continually smoking unfiltered cigarettes, and his lungs show the wear and tear of years of tar- and poison-laden smoke being breathed in near every hour of the day. A heavy drinker, his liver is showing some signs of damage, and, of course, there's his leg (broken and healed in three places).
Along with a slew of other healed injuries, all blunt force and trauma: broken bones long since healed, torn cartilage in one knee, vitamin deficiency from a diet which almost solely consists of protein and processed foods.
He's been put through the wringer, has Jack, but it ain't so bad. At least he can still walk. Can't say that for every cowboy who's tried to stick those eight seconds in the ring.