( If Geralt's perturbed by Dean's wavering certainty, it doesn't hold a candle to how much that screws with Dean. He's a guy with a solid reliance on his gut, full faith in his instincts. He makes and commits to his decisions with confidence.
This fleeting doubt...
It's not good. It's got him a little shaken — which in turn makes him a little defensive, makes him default to anger, because that's his go-to. It's a safe, familiar fallback.
His jaw tenses. He tugs his eyes away again, sets them forward stubbornly. )
Hate to break it to you, but that one's not new.
( A little bit of bloodlust in the heat of the moment's part of the job. It's always been there for him.
...but not like this, not with humans.
He steadfastly ignores that whisper in the back of his mind. )
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This fleeting doubt...
It's not good. It's got him a little shaken — which in turn makes him a little defensive, makes him default to anger, because that's his go-to. It's a safe, familiar fallback.
His jaw tenses. He tugs his eyes away again, sets them forward stubbornly. )
Hate to break it to you, but that one's not new.
( A little bit of bloodlust in the heat of the moment's part of the job. It's always been there for him.
...but not like this, not with humans.
He steadfastly ignores that whisper in the back of his mind. )