The Slaughterhouse Nine must have been new, then. People today would know better. Hopefully.
Hm, yeah, perhaps.
Jack chuckled lightly, “I digress. I do remember your father. He was older than you are now when I saw him. He talked in a way that made me think he was an athlete.”
…jock Kaiser. Sure, I could see that being a thing. Though maybe Jack is talking more about the sense of superiority?
“He was, sir,” Theo confirmed. And he was disappointed I never followed in his footsteps.
Ah.
Heh. Now I’m just imagining Kaiser running a marathon. Maybe even in costume.
I do suppose he’d have to be strong to wear his costume proficiently.
“There were more teams in this city, then, more villains. Not many heroes. Lots of scary motherfuckers around, and yet I could probably count on one hand the people who made eye contact with me. Even then, when my reputation was a fraction of what it is today. Your father was one of those people. Ballsy fucker.”
Huh, interesting, so there’s been an overall decline. I guess that makes sense, as more heroes start popping up the villain numbers decrease until they reach an equilibrium.
And yeah, that does sound like the Kaiser we knew.
“Maybe he thought you’d respect him for it, sir? He was always good at reading people.” And making them do what he wanted. Even me.
That is true.
“Is that so? I’d like to think I’m much the same. A people reader. But my interest is in the design of people. What makes them tick? What holds them together? All too often, it’s one little thing. In architecture they call it a keystone.
Coil looks for what people want, what he can give them to gain their favor. Jack looks for what’s already there, what he can take away to break them.
The one stone that keeps the entire arch from collapsing. The weak point. And I’m very, very good at finding those weak points. Can you guess what I’m talking about here? Why I’m in this apartment?”
Aaaah. Yes.
Aster is very much Purity’s keystone, as we’ve already seen thoroughly examined in Buzz.
Incidentally, I’ve also been assuming that the stories of Purity’s rampage are how Jack found out about and got interested in Purity in the first place. Assuming that’s the case, he’d definitely know how much Aster means to her.
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