Her eyes looks downcast for a moment
"Uh, yeah, you're probably right. Food is food after all. Besides, when you're travelling all the time you probably have other concerns."
Her eyes looks downcast for a moment
Hurrying along beside himTaochusu wrote: ↑Mon May 25, 2020 4:36 pmStarting back towards the camp. "Plenty of concerns, but also plenty of time to think about stuff. But when you've been at the hungry end of a predator's teeth you learn that they're just trying to survive. Everything in the wild is. All you can really do is appreciate the fact that they die so you can live."
"Oh but you did try it, you deserve some congratulations for being open-minded. When I suggested it to my family they served me nothing but meat for a weak."
"You seem unusually uh....temperate? For a man of your stature and professional, Taochusu. Although I suppose I'm just used to large people being kill orientated."
"That is....surprisingly wise. Do you mind if I quote you in my writing? It can be annonymous if you prefer."Taochusu wrote: ↑Mon May 25, 2020 5:20 pm"Surviving alone requires you to keep calm. Plenty of stuff can get me angry, but most of the time it's better to just let stuff go. Scaring off dangerous animals is better than risking your life trying to kill them. Once they go there's no reason to keep after them. Bandits are different and take a bit more focused violence to stop them from hurting you again or going after others. But there's no point in getting upset over a bear doing what a bear does. They're not going to learn to do things differently."
"That makes it even more wise! The wisest things are the most simple. Nobody cares if you can take 2 hours to explain why hitting your brother over the head because he stole your doll is right and correct. But, if you can do it with a really pithy sentence, well, then you can get away with whacking anyone. "
"But why would you want to fight with your siblings? Did they do you wrong?"
"Oh, so there was the thrill of combat and victory? That sounds very reasonable. Did you win most of the time?"
Aware of how those tales often ended
"Oh."