[ That's how Gansey likes it best - him and Ronan and Adam and Noah and Blue. The five of them together, as it ought to be. That's nothing but natural, so it's an easy promise to make. It's one Gansey will keep.
But he doesn't miss Athos' inflection, and he watches him with thoughtful sincerity. ]
What sort of trying do you mean?
I've heard a good deal about heroes since I've been here, and you're obviously a man who knows his way around a rapier. The most I've ever done with those is lift them out of a dig site.
[ And that's the way he'll keep it, actually, if at all possible. Violence is an infection he does not intend to catch. ]
no subject
[ That's how Gansey likes it best - him and Ronan and Adam and Noah and Blue. The five of them together, as it ought to be. That's nothing but natural, so it's an easy promise to make. It's one Gansey will keep.
But he doesn't miss Athos' inflection, and he watches him with thoughtful sincerity. ]
What sort of trying do you mean?
I've heard a good deal about heroes since I've been here, and you're obviously a man who knows his way around a rapier. The most I've ever done with those is lift them out of a dig site.
[ And that's the way he'll keep it, actually, if at all possible. Violence is an infection he does not intend to catch. ]
How bad is it?