[ he says it immediately. he's not afraid to answer her question: it's easier than he thought she might ask, in any case, and that makes him more amenable to it. ]
There was a time where I was frightened, when I was young and not used to my powers or skills. Like a fawn on shaking legs trying to piece together a living. A hunter could have ended me, then. As I grew older, I became fiercer, less frightened, too proud. My hubris got me staked, captured.
[ a beat. ]
Forty years ago, I was afraid. I faced a twelve year old girl and I was frightened that she would send me back to the hole I came from. But she didn't. So I was lucky.
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[ he says it immediately. he's not afraid to answer her question: it's easier than he thought she might ask, in any case, and that makes him more amenable to it. ]
There was a time where I was frightened, when I was young and not used to my powers or skills. Like a fawn on shaking legs trying to piece together a living. A hunter could have ended me, then. As I grew older, I became fiercer, less frightened, too proud. My hubris got me staked, captured.
[ a beat. ]
Forty years ago, I was afraid. I faced a twelve year old girl and I was frightened that she would send me back to the hole I came from. But she didn't. So I was lucky.