[On being able to overcome how they're being blocked, on getting out of this...
Not that Mat is averse to trying, of course. He'd rather go down trying. He just doesn't think it's likely at all. The odds are very much against them, and the corpses certainly don't inspire confidence.]
And I'm a gambling man, my good sir. But please strive to surprise me, this is not how or where I want to die.
[It's as jovial as he can manage in the circumstances, but dark humor is still humor he supposes. He's worn down but not all the way.]
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[On being able to overcome how they're being blocked, on getting out of this...
Not that Mat is averse to trying, of course. He'd rather go down trying. He just doesn't think it's likely at all. The odds are very much against them, and the corpses certainly don't inspire confidence.]
And I'm a gambling man, my good sir. But please strive to surprise me, this is not how or where I want to die.
[It's as jovial as he can manage in the circumstances, but dark humor is still humor he supposes. He's worn down but not all the way.]