Honestly, it's not like he wanted to fight with him, either... He had no interest in recreating their previous conflict in any way. Yet, he was intimately familiar with the Ascians, a bit more so than most, so it was impossible to just take him at his word. It's true that Emet-Selch had usually been quite honest with them, but it just couldn't be that simple. It was never that simple.
Besides... if he were in his shoes—if he had another chance at life, even if it was in a place like this, a place even further from "home" than the last world, or worlds—could he really just be okay with this?
...maybe he shouldn't think of it that way. But there were things he wanted to know, too, and so after a moment of disapproving consideration, he flippantly shrugs.]
I don't like the idea of owing you another favor. In fact, I would say I very much loathe it. [But despite what he says, he's reaching into his coat anyway, soon revealing a spare cartridge that he tosses toward Emet-Selch.] But a deal is a deal, I suppose.
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Honestly, it's not like he wanted to fight with him, either... He had no interest in recreating their previous conflict in any way. Yet, he was intimately familiar with the Ascians, a bit more so than most, so it was impossible to just take him at his word. It's true that Emet-Selch had usually been quite honest with them, but it just couldn't be that simple. It was never that simple.
Besides... if he were in his shoes—if he had another chance at life, even if it was in a place like this, a place even further from "home" than the last world, or worlds—could he really just be okay with this?
...maybe he shouldn't think of it that way. But there were things he wanted to know, too, and so after a moment of disapproving consideration, he flippantly shrugs.]
I don't like the idea of owing you another favor. In fact, I would say I very much loathe it. [But despite what he says, he's reaching into his coat anyway, soon revealing a spare cartridge that he tosses toward Emet-Selch.] But a deal is a deal, I suppose.