Firo's face immediately darkens. He hates being treated like a kid, and sometimes it hurts more when it comes from someone he respects. Roland may not intend it that way, but Firo reads lecturing him on one of the few things he's got at--violence--as just that. "Not like that. I know what I'm doin'."
And he does. Firo's been scrapping since he could walk, and he knows what a properly-placed, swift punch to the jaw does. He spins the lady around before he can feel bad and delivers one uppercut right on the side of her chin. Going over the back or top of the head like Roland said would just be too rough for his taste; this, apparently, is just fine. He catches her as she falls.
The longterm effects he doesn't even think of. He's done this many times, and his interaction with the opponent always ended when he left them unconscious in the street. If they later died from trauma or suffered bad effects... well, he wouldn't know. Myopic, maybe, but it's how he and his dented moral compass have survived. Besides, he's taken plenty of knocks on the head and he's fine. He's alive.
His tone is forcedly conversational as he unlaces her boots and sets to tying her hands. At times like this, this is his way of showing his irritation. "Were you really gonna kill 'em? I thought I was the bad guy and you were the good one."
As it is, he's not sure what to think about Roland's words on killing. It almost sounds as if he thinks Firo hasn't already done it. He's not sure if he's glad for that or upset with lack of experience it implies. Though he doesn't even know it, this question is his way of trying to sort that out.
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And he does. Firo's been scrapping since he could walk, and he knows what a properly-placed, swift punch to the jaw does. He spins the lady around before he can feel bad and delivers one uppercut right on the side of her chin. Going over the back or top of the head like Roland said would just be too rough for his taste; this, apparently, is just fine. He catches her as she falls.
The longterm effects he doesn't even think of. He's done this many times, and his interaction with the opponent always ended when he left them unconscious in the street. If they later died from trauma or suffered bad effects... well, he wouldn't know. Myopic, maybe, but it's how he and his dented moral compass have survived. Besides, he's taken plenty of knocks on the head and he's fine. He's alive.
His tone is forcedly conversational as he unlaces her boots and sets to tying her hands. At times like this, this is his way of showing his irritation. "Were you really gonna kill 'em? I thought I was the bad guy and you were the good one."
As it is, he's not sure what to think about Roland's words on killing. It almost sounds as if he thinks Firo hasn't already done it. He's not sure if he's glad for that or upset with lack of experience it implies. Though he doesn't even know it, this question is his way of trying to sort that out.