[ there's a brief wrinkle of distaste in his expression when the mask goes back on, but that's it. though part of him does think evan better not start another fight now, because he doesn't want to fight him to get it off again. ]
How many times have you told me nobody should be walkin' away from a fight with you, hm?
[ he still remembers the sudden, stark realisation that there's no winning with evan that lets both parties live. the deep nausea, the shaking hands, the understanding that beating evan meant killing him. that he had to be ready and willing to kill or he'd never survive. ]
[ ... except one time, in the coal tower. funny that he'd basically pinned david and had a go at him that time too, but that struck him as an outlier. strange and unusual for both of them. ]
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How many times have you told me nobody should be walkin' away from a fight with you, hm?
[ he still remembers the sudden, stark realisation that there's no winning with evan that lets both parties live. the deep nausea, the shaking hands, the understanding that beating evan meant killing him. that he had to be ready and willing to kill or he'd never survive. ]
[ ... except one time, in the coal tower. funny that he'd basically pinned david and had a go at him that time too, but that struck him as an outlier. strange and unusual for both of them. ]