Jack Tharrow

Oliver's first roommate at the MAN, posted as an agent on Chov, and now a wanted criminal.

## Appearance & Personality

A tall young man with dark hair, cut short after a few years in the MAN. A few years older than Oliver. Friendly and easy-going.

## History

Jack grew up to a wealthy and influential Benulia family, with a strict lawyer father and a socialite mother. When he was young, he wanted to be a pilot, admiring the exploits of Captain Richard, but his family wouldn't allow that; he instead trained as an agent of the MAN, believing initially in what the agency did. He was sent to work a desk job at the MAN HQ on Chov, though he became increasingly disillusioned with the Agency's work.

The only planet he's been to outside of Acadus is Thawei. Enjoys cooking.

## Quotes

* "Do you… do you believe in it? What you’re doing? Do you - it’s - You said it was your plan, do you think it’s the right thing to do?" (25.2)
* "I’m the one who was holding a gun to your head, so, uh, I- I think that’s- that, uh - You’re not the one who needs to be apologizing here." (25.2)
* "I don’t exactly know what’s going on? But, uh… I did, um… try to arrest them. Sort of. Uhhh… did I mention I worked for the- the- the agency?' (25.5)
* 'You know, it, uh… wasn’t quite… what I thought it would be. The agency. And, uh… kept, uh… yeah, it… if I hadn’t let you go, I’m pretty sure I know what would have happened, so… I don’t- I don’t know what you’re doing, Ollie, but… pretty sure it’s better than whatever they’re doing. And I… couldn’t… I didn’t… I couldn’t let that happen to you." (25.6)
* "It’s… like I said, it wasn’t what I thought it would be. And, uh… started wondering if a lot of things were what I thought they were or not." (25.6)
* "Why aren't you pissed at me?" (26.1)
* "Well… uhhh, I guess I’m just, uh... sort of along for the, uh, the ride." (26.4)
* "Cheers. To, uh… uhhh, being on the run in a shitty hotel room. It’s an adventure." (27.1)
* "Well, the least I could do for you for helping me with all my assignments was to try and drag you away from yours." (27.1)
* "Uh, as of, uh, a few days ago I used to be, um, an agent, and I tried to arrest them and then I let them go and then I came with them. That’s the short version." (27.2)
* "I mean, uh, i-if you can't laugh about things, then, uh- you’re just gonna sit around upset about them all the time, so- so you might as well laugh about ‘em, you know. Makes it- makes it a little easier to, uh, handle, I think, when you can laugh about something." (28.3)
* (About his parents) "It’s weird, you know, I, um, I, uh… I love ‘em, but… I don’t think I can really be the kind of person that, um, that I want to be and… I don't know, I’m pretty sure if I, uh, if I did go back… my dad’s probably not too happy with me right now." (28.3)
* "Yeah, don’t get- don’t get blood in my salad. *Please.* Thank you." (29.1)
* "I was gonna make, um, jokes about your- your youngest sister being a teen and probably starting to date right now, but I... wasn’t sure if it was, uh, would be appropriate - but I just went ahead and made it anyway, so…" (29.2)
* "Look I, um… I don’t know a lot about your family? I mean, I’ve only known anything about them, really, for the past, uh... five minutes, but… I don’t know what would or wouldn’t be the most safe but, um… If I cared about someone and they just dropped off the map for… three years and I didn’t know if they were safe or not, I think I’d, um… even if it was dangerous I’d… kinda prefer...being able to see him again." (29.2)
* "It is what it is, so… kinda just gotta make the most of, uh, most of it." (29.2)
* “I’m pretty sure my, uh, my dad, uh... believes in all that shit? And... probably wouldn't be, uh, I mean, he might've- might've, uh, bailed me out of- of the whole mess but I don't know how, uh... thrilled he would've been about any of it. […] Yeah, so. Would've been complicated even if I did go back, I guess. I don't know what I would've done next.” (30.2)
* “You know, uh... I don't know, maybe I can... maybe... maybe leaving, I can, uh, do something good.” (30.2)
* “Hey, not all of my changes have been bad either.” (30.2)
* (About his dreams) "You know, some of 'em, I mean, you- you wake up and later you're like, 'Well, that was f- that was *terrifying,* and then w- but now it's just fucking *freaky*, and *weird,* and it's fine'." (30.4)
* "I mean, I know I wasn't really, um, what I was- what I was doing was kinda indirect. A-and um, at- at- at Chov, but, I keep thinking...i-i-indirectly, wondering, uh, h-h-how many people's lives I might've had something to do with... ruining. ...And- and, yeah. AI and..." (30.4)
* "Just sitting here crying into my tea." (30.4)
* "I mean, uh... everything I know is kinda fucked up, but, um... even, uh, Williams is not... being, uh... *as terrifying as expected.* I think I talked to her for, uh, three minutes the other day, and didn't feel like I was going to die, so... yeah, it's not so bad." (30.4)