No. I was always rough around the edges. Comes with the whole living on the streets thing. Dying brought perspective.

( and a shitton of psychological trauma, along with the effects the lazarus pit had on him. the anger was his, but how destructive, how loud it was, how intense--jason's not sure if all of that was him. if it's still him, or if it's leftover pit madness. whatever it is, it's part of jason now, and he's learning to work around his temper. somewhat. )

Handling people with kid gloves doesn't get jack shit done. You go one step harder than they do, sometimes two, 'cause a slap on the wrist does nothing. ( and. gesturing down at accelerator's new toy. ) Bring a gun to a knife fight.