Poison turns his head towards Jack's touch. "I'll work on getting there... promise. Just. Everything before Poison had to go away for a while. You met that kid for a few days and it freaked both of you out." He smiles a little.

Maybe it isn't completely fair to say it like that - but it was also a little true. The insecurity, the fear, the pain. Those were all things that the persona of Poison had been built to hide.