originally posted in:The New Dojo
“You’ve made your choice, then.”
[b]He pulls his bow from its place on his back, docks an arrow. He fires it into the lizard’s jaw, splitting it open. Sadly, it was a fire arrow, fire that was put out by the blood of the lizard and only made it scream more.[/b]
English
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"So she is alive? I'm confused..."
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“She’s alive, yes, but not sentience. But she’s developing it.”
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"O-Oh, okay. That's different, I guess?"
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“Very much so. She doesn’t know that she is alive.”
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"Huh. I might try to help her then..."
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“Go right ahead. You’ll be paying for her in a while anyways.”
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"Then she'll actually be free. Free from your anger issues and stupidity."
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“Stupidity? Girl, if you think I’m stupid you’ve got another thing coming. Let’s take earlier, for example, when I was saving you. That took careful word choice to try to intimidate them, and a lot of bluffing.”
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"Bluffing that could've easily backfired if they weren't in a place where gods walk around."
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“Exactly. I knew my surroundings. I’m a bounty hunter, half my job is getting to know the area around my target. That included Dojoville.”
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"Takes ten seconds to notice you can get away with that, but okay."
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“Yeah, but who of these jackasses will actually think of that?”
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"Can we just get back to the ship and fly home?"
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“We’ve been walking the whole time, so yes. Yes we can. We have about another mile.”
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"Ugh..." She went silent for the rest of the trip.