( He says immediately, accompanied by a small shake of his head, and while there isn't any uncertainty in his tone, there is an undercurrent of apology. Genuinely. It comes from a place of good intentions and bad history. From a place of knowing, and a place of loss. )
Doesn't matter if you'd be good, and it ain't that I doubt your skills, but... this isn't a life anyone should want to be a part of. If you have the option to never figure out why that is, you should take it. This isn't an ego thing. I'm not kidding. Trust me, it's the smart choice. I'd take it myself if I had the option.
( Not that he could ever really imagine it. What he'd be like, how different he'd be, what he'd even do with himself. Hunting is who he is, he'll die doing it, he has no other skills, it's the only thing he can do right.
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( He says immediately, accompanied by a small shake of his head, and while there isn't any uncertainty in his tone, there is an undercurrent of apology. Genuinely. It comes from a place of good intentions and bad history. From a place of knowing, and a place of loss. )
Doesn't matter if you'd be good, and it ain't that I doubt your skills, but... this isn't a life anyone should want to be a part of. If you have the option to never figure out why that is, you should take it. This isn't an ego thing. I'm not kidding. Trust me, it's the smart choice. I'd take it myself if I had the option.
( Not that he could ever really imagine it. What he'd be like, how different he'd be, what he'd even do with himself. Hunting is who he is, he'll die doing it, he has no other skills, it's the only thing he can do right.
But still. )