[He's starting to get used to Huaisang's legs in his lap. It feels like just the right fit.]
Yeah, I'm the same. I can kill people in a few thousand different ways and I've tried dozens of them, but I don't want to do it anymore. I never really did. I just want to be Chris.
[Huaisang shivers a bit at the thought of that much violence, but it's nothing new to him. Most of his friends are like that, always have been, and he's always been most drawn toward people like that, collecting them as protectors. He nods, hugging the fox in his arms tighter.]
Will you be able to? With Hands, I mean. I don't know what the terms of your employment are. [He'd just kind of assumed that Hands had hired him to be a heavy. He assumes--unstated but heavily implied--that Hands also collects dangerous people, though for Hands it's as tools for his goals rather than as protectors. Huaisang assumes that Hands must want to have people who would be willing and able to kill for him. Therefore, if he has a skilled and dangerous killer in his employ ... ]
I'm his bodyguard, not his attack dog. I'm not killing anyone for anyone anymore.
[Hands has been very fair and accommodating in his terms, and Chris isn't worried about any lines being violated. His job isn't an inherently violent one; in fact it's meant to deter violence.]
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Yeah, I'm the same. I can kill people in a few thousand different ways and I've tried dozens of them, but I don't want to do it anymore. I never really did. I just want to be Chris.
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Will you be able to? With Hands, I mean. I don't know what the terms of your employment are. [He'd just kind of assumed that Hands had hired him to be a heavy. He assumes--unstated but heavily implied--that Hands also collects dangerous people, though for Hands it's as tools for his goals rather than as protectors. Huaisang assumes that Hands must want to have people who would be willing and able to kill for him. Therefore, if he has a skilled and dangerous killer in his employ ... ]
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[Hands has been very fair and accommodating in his terms, and Chris isn't worried about any lines being violated. His job isn't an inherently violent one; in fact it's meant to deter violence.]
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I like this dork version of Chris. He's not so bad.