... Hah. [ this is not the response he's expecting, either! he laughs, a little, ducking his head. ] You think? 's.. the mantle I took up, I guess. Hers'd been dead for a century or something.
[ he reaches down, absently, plucking at a feather on his armor. ] This used to be his. Let me tell you, it smelled dire once we got it.
I only just started, officially. Just... [ just died, though, he doesn't need to finish that sentence, trailing off there.]
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... Hah. [ this is not the response he's expecting, either! he laughs, a little, ducking his head. ] You think? 's.. the mantle I took up, I guess. Hers'd been dead for a century or something.
[ he reaches down, absently, plucking at a feather on his armor. ] This used to be his. Let me tell you, it smelled dire once we got it.
I only just started, officially. Just... [ just died, though, he doesn't need to finish that sentence, trailing off there.]