[ He leans back on one hand, bottle in the other as he watches Jesper take his turn. The boy is good, he'll give him that. He takes a drink, as required, though he isn't especially playing for competition. A way to kill the time, more than anything. What the fuck else is there to do when a handful of hunters congregate?
Hunters and hunters-adjacent, so to speak.
A thoughtful noise. Geralt takes another sip. He does not miss Jesper's hands shifting to his weapons. He makes no comment on it. ] No one should desire to be one of us.
[ The remark is wry, casual. There are a small handful who hunt because it's the simplest way to utilize their skills here, in this world. Not much different than hunting a bear or a wolf. They know how to kill fine, but they don't know the life and all it truly entails. Then there are people like him and Dean. Raised so deep in it, they can't imagine being anything else whether they asked for it or not. When he says us, that's who he means.
He throws the next blade. ] What was your first?
[ First kill, first hunt. Everyone recalls their first. ]
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Hunters and hunters-adjacent, so to speak.
A thoughtful noise. Geralt takes another sip. He does not miss Jesper's hands shifting to his weapons. He makes no comment on it. ] No one should desire to be one of us.
[ The remark is wry, casual. There are a small handful who hunt because it's the simplest way to utilize their skills here, in this world. Not much different than hunting a bear or a wolf. They know how to kill fine, but they don't know the life and all it truly entails. Then there are people like him and Dean. Raised so deep in it, they can't imagine being anything else whether they asked for it or not. When he says us, that's who he means.
He throws the next blade. ] What was your first?
[ First kill, first hunt. Everyone recalls their first. ]