Okay, first of all, how fuckin' dare you even metaphorically imply I'd have anything to do with Axe body spray.
[A moment of levity before his hint of a smirk fades. Even leaning all casual-like against Wash's cot, he seems tenser, jaw tight.]
Listen. I got plenty of training growing up. It's a bit late to be handling me with kid gloves.
[A little fleck of pudding flies off the spoon as it hits the tray, and he stiffly wipes it from his sleeve with a swipe of a finger.]
It's real cute that you think you're the one in charge of protecting anyone, but you're gonna get yourself killed trying to play hero for someone who doesn't need it. You're not gonna get any glory. It doesn't make you a better person. It just makes you dead, and I don't think you're the kind of person that'll get back up after that.
[That's the rub of it. On some level, he does appreciate the thought and recognize the basic decency in it. But heroism isn't a concept he associates with anything good. The greatest hero in his personal world was a piece of shit and him dying heroically didn't make Dave feel any better about him.
He'd rather just keep the genuinely good people. They don't need to die over that shit, especially when they don't have to, especially when he can prevent it.]
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[A moment of levity before his hint of a smirk fades. Even leaning all casual-like against Wash's cot, he seems tenser, jaw tight.]
Listen. I got plenty of training growing up. It's a bit late to be handling me with kid gloves.
[A little fleck of pudding flies off the spoon as it hits the tray, and he stiffly wipes it from his sleeve with a swipe of a finger.]
It's real cute that you think you're the one in charge of protecting anyone, but you're gonna get yourself killed trying to play hero for someone who doesn't need it. You're not gonna get any glory. It doesn't make you a better person. It just makes you dead, and I don't think you're the kind of person that'll get back up after that.
[That's the rub of it. On some level, he does appreciate the thought and recognize the basic decency in it. But heroism isn't a concept he associates with anything good. The greatest hero in his personal world was a piece of shit and him dying heroically didn't make Dave feel any better about him.
He'd rather just keep the genuinely good people. They don't need to die over that shit, especially when they don't have to, especially when he can prevent it.]