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[sheriffing]

I was just doing my job. You seem like you can hold your own, too.

[stripebacked]

Fighting to protect others isn't something you forget quite so easily.

Though I don't think I'll be telling my wife anytime soon.

[sheriffing]

She’s awake, too?

[stripebacked]

Aye. Quite. She works in Sanctuary as a doctor. Though she's a surgeon she says. Her name's Claire.

[ And she wouldn't be happy that Jamie was engaging in that much physicality given his hand. ]

[sheriffing]

The Sanctuary isn’t much of one, these days. I was held there a few days ago.

[stripebacked]

She's not too keen on it since they put up that barricade before.

We were there as well. I think she hated it the entire time.

[ And not just because her skin and fingernails had to come back. ]

[sheriffing]

They held you prisoner, too?

[stripebacked]

In some sort of laboratory.

[ He's going off his wife's words. Or possibly Peggy's. He's not entirely sure. Certainly not Rumlow's. Fuck that guy. ]

Me and my wife. I fear she got the worst of it all.

[ Guess who blames himself? ]

[sheriffing]

I was held at the Sanctuary.

I’m sorry, how is she?

[stripebacked]

They're monsters for turning a place of comfort and pain relief into a place of fear and confinement.

Healing. Her skin is growing back and her nails as well. I fear she's more upset she couldn't be of any emotional comfort to those around us.

How are you?

[ Specifically Jamie who just got out of being Black Jack Randall's captive. ]

[sheriffing]

That’s the hardest part, feeling powerless. Feeling like they’ve taken that from you.

I’m fine. It was mostly brainwashing for my group.

[stripebacked]

It’s not the first time either of us has been held against our will. But I do believe it’s the first time she’s not been able to lend aid.

They shot things into us or had us drink them. There were other things, but I was blind by the time they called me in for interrogation.

Brainwashing? I’m not sure I’m familiar.

[sheriffing]

That couldn't have been easy for either of you, even with the experience. I've been held captive, but this was worse than an old dungeon.

How are you healing, Jamie?

The door was a few feet away but the thought of opening it was terrifying. Our captives made us think the people who came to save us were the ones we needed to fight. They got inside of our heads and twisted everything up until we weren't in control anymore.

[stripebacked]

I’ve had worse. It was rather tame with the exception of the blindness.

I was shot during the rescue and whatever toxin they released got into me, but I’m certain it could have been worse if not for our timely rescue.

I’m aware of those feelings. The way someone can twist the things you believe and know.

[ Apparently Randall was good at that. ]

[sheriffing]

They threw a few punches my way, but the way they got inside my head was worse.

Did anyone figure out what that toxin was?

Yeah, that's what I wasn't prepared for. I used to think I could fight my way out of anything, but there was no fighting this.

[stripebacked]

You’d do better to ask my wife. She would know such things.

I know the feeling. I’ve alwas been capable of handling myself or enduring pain, but mental torment is a montrous ability.

[sheriffing]

I guess it helps to have a doctor in the family. Unfortunately, in some ways, I think we're all at a disadvantage. Most of the things they're using aren't familiar to anyone.

That's what makes me feel weak. And I haven't been able to figure out how to move on from it yet.

[stripebacked]

I’m told there are a great many things in the future concerning medicine and healing.

I wish I had the answer, lass, but it lingers. It’s best to keep your mind occupied I’ve found, but I know it’s no fix.