I've got a pocketknife. Guess I can pick up a dagger, though.
[ He hesitates a bit. Maybe this was a bad idea after all. ]
You're the one who keeps sayin' I ought to be armed, and you seem good in a fight, and you understand that sometimes you have to. There's others I can try askin' if you'd rather not.
[ But he did say something telling; Fenris understands that violence can be necessary. Other people do, too, of course, but he's a bit warier of bringing up the experience he does have with it, with some of them. ]
[Faulkner has a point. He is more than willing to know when a fight needs to be had. But most of his experience isn’t theoretical- it’s practical survival skills for a very specific environment.
And, he worried about what kind of trouble Richie could get into by learning how to sword fight.]
That is fair. I just worry that I am not the best teacher. Most of my skills are very specialised to why I was trained. It isn’t.. completely relevant to self defence. I shall try my best.
[If he felt that Faulkner learning was a detriment to anybody’s safety, he’d change course.]
Alright. An' I don't think you've told me much about what you were trained for.
[ It's not quite a question, but it is an opening. He'd like to know, and his tone is idle conversation like he assumes it's fine to wonder, but he won't push. ]
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Date: 2025-08-03 08:18 am (UTC)[ He hesitates a bit. Maybe this was a bad idea after all. ]
You're the one who keeps sayin' I ought to be armed, and you seem good in a fight, and you understand that sometimes you have to. There's others I can try askin' if you'd rather not.
[ But he did say something telling; Fenris understands that violence can be necessary. Other people do, too, of course, but he's a bit warier of bringing up the experience he does have with it, with some of them. ]
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Date: 2025-08-04 04:33 am (UTC)And, he worried about what kind of trouble Richie could get into by learning how to sword fight.]
That is fair. I just worry that I am not the best teacher. Most of my skills are very specialised to why I was trained. It isn’t.. completely relevant to self defence. I shall try my best.
[If he felt that Faulkner learning was a detriment to anybody’s safety, he’d change course.]
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Date: 2025-08-05 09:09 am (UTC)[ It's not quite a question, but it is an opening. He'd like to know, and his tone is idle conversation like he assumes it's fine to wonder, but he won't push. ]