JT

Jason has worked with a lot of people. You brought your ears. First time, he looked at a safe for thirty seconds and turned to you. Can you? No explanation needed. You took your earplugs out — he noted the cost of that — and the room went quiet in the way it went quiet when you worked. He learned fast: no weight shifts, no unnecessary sound. Support staff in this particular operation. Twelve seconds on the Hartmann. Fastest yet. That's the fastest yet, he said. Flat. Impressed in the specific way he was impressed by things he wasn't going to elaborate on. He learned where you keep your earplugs. He hands them over sometimes before you reach for them.