Not to be a naysayer, mate, but they could take whatever you offer and make it into a weapon. It could be the most innocent thing in the world. That's the way people like that think.
[ Jesper would know. He used to be one of them. It was more a survivor mindset, the ability and willingness to do whatever it took to survive and fight. A pebble into a bullet, a bit of fabric into a noose. It's still where his mind goes when he thinks there could be trouble. The military is violent by their very description, they're there for that reason, in his opinion. But he is also someone who has fled the military most of his life. He's a weapon for himself, not for them.
He lowers his voice a little, although he's checked, there's no one around to hear their conversation. He's still a little paranoid.]
I've been hiding my ability to make clothing into armor the entire time I've been here. For a lot of reasons, but you'd think, making clothes into something protective, that can't be so bad. But there's no way of knowing what they'd use it for. I don't trust them.
[ Jesper doesn't trust them especially now when war has begun. He can't say he blames them for attacking the castle given what happened to them, he would've done the same thing if the Crows were in danger, but it puts them in a pickle. No matter which way they turn, it's war. And people with skills like the two of them, they're weapons. ]
Of course, I say that, but Hilda and I have been designing clothes with a little bit of my power in it, for normal folks. Means they could find me, if it's too good.
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[ Jesper would know. He used to be one of them. It was more a survivor mindset, the ability and willingness to do whatever it took to survive and fight. A pebble into a bullet, a bit of fabric into a noose. It's still where his mind goes when he thinks there could be trouble. The military is violent by their very description, they're there for that reason, in his opinion. But he is also someone who has fled the military most of his life. He's a weapon for himself, not for them.
He lowers his voice a little, although he's checked, there's no one around to hear their conversation. He's still a little paranoid.]
I've been hiding my ability to make clothing into armor the entire time I've been here. For a lot of reasons, but you'd think, making clothes into something protective, that can't be so bad. But there's no way of knowing what they'd use it for. I don't trust them.
[ Jesper doesn't trust them especially now when war has begun. He can't say he blames them for attacking the castle given what happened to them, he would've done the same thing if the Crows were in danger, but it puts them in a pickle. No matter which way they turn, it's war. And people with skills like the two of them, they're weapons. ]
Of course, I say that, but Hilda and I have been designing clothes with a little bit of my power in it, for normal folks. Means they could find me, if it's too good.