[Once, perhaps a very long time ago, when he was a different person, he'd understood that his augmentations came with a certain amount of responsibility. They'd been tools of the military at the time, but he'd been lucky-slash-talented enough to escape, if one can call his involvement in the crisis lucky. When it was over, however, Overwatch had afforded him some degree of autonomy, as far as that was concerned. But he's always known the cost of war and had been acutely aware of his own destructive power. How hard he can punch. How difficult he is to take down. How completely lethal he can be in a fight if he put his mind to it. Something important to keep in the back of his mind during any combat engagement, lest he end up doing something he'd later regret.
Then Jack Morrison died and he stopped caring about any of that.
He apparently doesn't care now, beating a thug into a literal pulp against the desert ground, blood streaming down his arm from the stinging wound in his shoulder. 76 almost wheels around on McCree, thinking he's another assailant (and certainly unable to distinguish him visually), but eventually his voice gets through, all but freezing him mid wind-up as McCree struggles to pull him off.
It works, but only when 76 realizes what's happening and takes a step backwards, gloves dripping with blood. When he seems to come back to himself, he wrenches his arms out of McCree's grasp with another growl.
Then, after another moment, he seems to realize he's injured, pressing his palm against his arm and inspecting the blood on his hand when he pulls it away.]
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Then Jack Morrison died and he stopped caring about any of that.
He apparently doesn't care now, beating a thug into a literal pulp against the desert ground, blood streaming down his arm from the stinging wound in his shoulder. 76 almost wheels around on McCree, thinking he's another assailant (and certainly unable to distinguish him visually), but eventually his voice gets through, all but freezing him mid wind-up as McCree struggles to pull him off.
It works, but only when 76 realizes what's happening and takes a step backwards, gloves dripping with blood. When he seems to come back to himself, he wrenches his arms out of McCree's grasp with another growl.
Then, after another moment, he seems to realize he's injured, pressing his palm against his arm and inspecting the blood on his hand when he pulls it away.]