[ His own voice echoes roughly in his head, snapped at Lune all those weeks ago. I'm not a coward!
But he'd never wanted to seek out a fight. That wasn't what had drawn him to the expedition, to the Continent. He was always the one looking for some other way, another path. He trained with sword and pistol because he had to, not because he was seeking out some kind of blood-soaked glory. ]
I don't go looking for fights, if that's what you mean. Because I love her, I wasn't about to run off into some reckless battle to die for nothing. But—
[ Knowing he would die, even if there had been that one, lingering moment of hope. He still doesn't understand how this man was able to come back from that strike, from being impaled and motionless on the rock.
He wets his lip; his fingers shift on the grip of his sword, keeping it loose and ready. ]
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[ His own voice echoes roughly in his head, snapped at Lune all those weeks ago. I'm not a coward!
But he'd never wanted to seek out a fight. That wasn't what had drawn him to the expedition, to the Continent. He was always the one looking for some other way, another path. He trained with sword and pistol because he had to, not because he was seeking out some kind of blood-soaked glory. ]
I don't go looking for fights, if that's what you mean. Because I love her, I wasn't about to run off into some reckless battle to die for nothing. But—
[ Knowing he would die, even if there had been that one, lingering moment of hope. He still doesn't understand how this man was able to come back from that strike, from being impaled and motionless on the rock.
He wets his lip; his fingers shift on the grip of his sword, keeping it loose and ready. ]
But I rose to meet you, didn't I?