[ He can put two and two together: the eyepatch, the scars, the sheer hulking presence of the guy. It doesn't take a genius to figure out the big fuck-off axe has actually been used once or twice. If he wasn't so tired, he'd probably be geeking out a little more over it.
It's the fit in comment that has him flash a smile: not nervous, but like he finds that comment hilarious. The Iron Bull has just told the funniest joke in the world, and it's met with a dry, humourless laugh. ]
I've never fit in in my entire life.
[ Which isn't exactly true--he'd found Brakebills University, he'd found his friends, yes, but even they didn't quite fit in. A group of Magicians that can do anything they want--have done anything they want -- and the only similarity they have was that they never quite got the social acceptance thing going.
The dry smile fades, though, and he takes a puff from his cigarette before surprisingly slender fingers start digging through his bag again. ]
So what's the story with your band of merry men? Stealing from the rich and giving to the poor, or are you guys more the ransacking and pillaging type?
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It's the fit in comment that has him flash a smile: not nervous, but like he finds that comment hilarious. The Iron Bull has just told the funniest joke in the world, and it's met with a dry, humourless laugh. ]
I've never fit in in my entire life.
[ Which isn't exactly true--he'd found Brakebills University, he'd found his friends, yes, but even they didn't quite fit in. A group of Magicians that can do anything they want--have done anything they want -- and the only similarity they have was that they never quite got the social acceptance thing going.
The dry smile fades, though, and he takes a puff from his cigarette before surprisingly slender fingers start digging through his bag again. ]
So what's the story with your band of merry men? Stealing from the rich and giving to the poor, or are you guys more the ransacking and pillaging type?