[ Narrow shoulders rise in a helpless shrug because he does understand that as he echoes Bruce's words: ] I know.
[ Knowing wasn't the problem so much as coming up with a strategy to deal with it. Jack's was far from a scientific mind but he was deeply intuitive. His solution to problems was to keep poking at them until he found something that worked, haphazard and impulsive choices, decisions based on instinct instead of fact. Combined with a curious nature and centuries of being adaptable made him nearly an epitome of "street smarts" and yet... there was still a serious gap in his knowledge in interacting with other people. Observing other people had not taught him how to deal with them when they were hurting you without meaning to. ]
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[ Knowing wasn't the problem so much as coming up with a strategy to deal with it. Jack's was far from a scientific mind but he was deeply intuitive. His solution to problems was to keep poking at them until he found something that worked, haphazard and impulsive choices, decisions based on instinct instead of fact. Combined with a curious nature and centuries of being adaptable made him nearly an epitome of "street smarts" and yet... there was still a serious gap in his knowledge in interacting with other people. Observing other people had not taught him how to deal with them when they were hurting you without meaning to. ]