[Jack knows full well what he's doing, and hates having to pull that card when he's tried to reject everything else about him that was Strike Commander Morrison, but if Winston doesn't recognize how serious this is, he isn't sure what else will do it. He watches the way Winston stiffens, and hates that it still works, but he knows what to do to get what he wants.
Winston's finally learned what Jack meant by painting a target on his back, but of course that's not going to discourage him from pushing onward with his new Overwatch. All Jack can really do is make sure something like this doesn't happen again.]
The UN, Winston.
[The truth is that the conspiracy that brought down Overwatch started at the top. He'd been blindsided with anger at the time--anger at Gabriel for overstepping his bounds and pushing the limits of what Jack was willing to excuse, but he imagines now that Blackwatch's exposure was a calculated move meant to shatter the organization's foundation. Someone wanted Overwatch out of the way, and Jack is starting to think it was (at least in part) the very people who gave them their authority in the first place.]
You think they weren't behind this in the first place?
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Winston's finally learned what Jack meant by painting a target on his back, but of course that's not going to discourage him from pushing onward with his new Overwatch. All Jack can really do is make sure something like this doesn't happen again.]
The UN, Winston.
[The truth is that the conspiracy that brought down Overwatch started at the top. He'd been blindsided with anger at the time--anger at Gabriel for overstepping his bounds and pushing the limits of what Jack was willing to excuse, but he imagines now that Blackwatch's exposure was a calculated move meant to shatter the organization's foundation. Someone wanted Overwatch out of the way, and Jack is starting to think it was (at least in part) the very people who gave them their authority in the first place.]
You think they weren't behind this in the first place?