"So because I get a glimpse of that gorgeous face of yours, I'm special? Well, I certainly feel it," John remarked bluntly, an amused look crossing his face at that smile Jack gave him. For all that had happened between them, he did sometimes long to see that smile more. And in a better context. Like one where they were both free men doing what they wanted, unlike this whole mess of a day. Things were so much easier once.

"And you spend your day surrounded by dull little monkeys, barely evolved anywhere near our level and who wouldn't even last much longer. I mean everything you love has an expiration date. How long do you really have to be happy before you're back to wandering the universe all alone?" John shot back because if they were going to criticise each others lives then why not go for it and hit Jack where it hurts. He was the immortal one, he was the one who was going to have all that heart ache and bitterness. Not John. "The day I'm too old for this will be the day I die. When will it be the day you know you're too old?"