He confesses in that same mugging glance that he knows his timing could have been more polite.
There are other unlikely little scars along the way -- nicks where a blade caught behind his ear or monstrous talons punched in through armor, giving him cause to be shy of beasts with a taste for blood.
“It’s hard to say,” is the answer, honestly given after a moment’s pause to follow the track of her fingers with a firmer pass of his bony thumb in search of wet to borrow -- unhurried but bold enough, at least, to bank on finding it. “We were wreathed in an unnatural darkness. There were many of them aboard.”
There’s nothing to be proud of in this particular tale, incredible as his survival may have been.
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Date: 2021-08-11 08:13 pm (UTC)There are other unlikely little scars along the way -- nicks where a blade caught behind his ear or monstrous talons punched in through armor, giving him cause to be shy of beasts with a taste for blood.
“It’s hard to say,” is the answer, honestly given after a moment’s pause to follow the track of her fingers with a firmer pass of his bony thumb in search of wet to borrow -- unhurried but bold enough, at least, to bank on finding it. “We were wreathed in an unnatural darkness. There were many of them aboard.”
There’s nothing to be proud of in this particular tale, incredible as his survival may have been.
“We hadn’t kept a watch.” Rookie mistake.