Editing Jack Slash (section)

====[[King]]====
The young Jacob utterly loathed [[King]].<ref>The door to their room opened, and Kurt reached out to turn Jacob’s head out toward the city, before turning away himself.<br><br>“You’re not pouting, are you, Jacob?”<br><br>The voice was deep.<br><br>Jacob turned, glaring with far too much bloodlust in his eyes.  Kurt focused on keeping his expression still.<br><br>“People stronger than me are going to hit you,” King said.  “Their reasons won’t be as good.” - [[Last 20.e3]]</ref><ref>“What happens in the future?  ''Think'', Jacob, my boy.”<br><br>The threat was implicit.  He expected an answer, and the way King worked, he wanted ''his'' answer.<br><br>“The powers are going to keep showing up, in greater numbers.  Something critical is going to break, or a ''real'' monster will show up.  Then it all collapses.  It’s too fragile,” Jacob said, still holding the handkerchief to his nose, glaring, but with his back turned to King so King wouldn’t think he was being insolent. - [[Last 20.e3]]</ref><ref>“The sun has set.  People hide in their homes, listening to the news, and they wonder if we are myths or magicians.  We will reveal the truth to them.  That we are monsters.  Get yourself cleaned up, or they will think we are the pathetic sort of monster.”<br><br>He gave Jacob the slightest of pushes, sideways not out, and put the boy off balance, arms windmilling until Kurt stepped out to catch a finger in one closed fist.<br><br>That indignity, more than the bloody nose, made Jacob fume.  To be made afraid, just for a moment. - [[Last 20.e3]]</ref> Ironically, he ends up following in King's footsteps as many of his eventual goals end up being the same as King's.<ref>“Everything plateaus,” Jacob said.  “Everything declines.  This ends with civilization in ruins, most of humanity dead, and the remainder bleeding and scared.”<br><br>“We’ll make an impact,” King said.  “We’ll decide what plateaus and what declines.”<br><br>Jacob nodded.<br><br>What Jacob had said was apparently the right answer. - [[Last 20.e3]]</ref><ref name="II20.e3 eVision" />