“Just a little thing like saving the universe,” Jack replied smoothly. None of this was ever easy to sell so Jack just went about it like he wasn’t saying things normal people might view as stark raving mad. In all honesty, none of it was insanity. All of it existed. It was just like telling the Native Americans during the great Western Expansion of America about iPods. Sometimes the jargon just didn’t make sense because the terms used to describe it didn’t make sense.
It didn’t matter. Jack knew that the human mind was capable of filling in the caps…not always correctly, but it was enough to keep the mind from shutting down at mere concepts.
“I’m from the Torchwood Institute. We track down, research and archive scientifically and culturally catastrophic artifacts from all eras and locations so that we can preserve the timeline.” Yep. Letting that steep. “You have unique gifts that would be an asset to us. We also pay well and have a great benefit package.”
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“Just a little thing like saving the universe,” Jack replied smoothly. None of this was ever easy to sell so Jack just went about it like he wasn’t saying things normal people might view as stark raving mad. In all honesty, none of it was insanity. All of it existed. It was just like telling the Native Americans during the great Western Expansion of America about iPods. Sometimes the jargon just didn’t make sense because the terms used to describe it didn’t make sense.
It didn’t matter. Jack knew that the human mind was capable of filling in the caps…not always correctly, but it was enough to keep the mind from shutting down at mere concepts.
“I’m from the Torchwood Institute. We track down, research and archive scientifically and culturally catastrophic artifacts from all eras and locations so that we can preserve the timeline.” Yep. Letting that steep. “You have unique gifts that would be an asset to us. We also pay well and have a great benefit package.”