- NATE -
Got my own monster
Nobody but me
Nobody but me
Something that is almost a laugh huffs through Nate's nose, between his teeth as he shakes his head. "Are those the only options you're offering? Do what I say, or be afraid to walk the streets?" There's more of a sneer with the words, assumptions stacked on top of each other in an intentionally dickheaded attack.
The way Sunjata's eyes leave him fills Nate with something like guilt, something he bites down on hard, refusing to let it rise in his throat when he's still got this soapbox to shout from. "Maybe not as it is, but... fuck Jata, there's things between lawlessness and co- arbiters." There had to be some other way to move Haulani towards a safer tomorrow, without tugging at the freedom of it's people.
A deep sigh leaves Nate at the blunt answer, the way it feels like he's the one being ridiculous, and he meets the gaze that comes back to him head on, chin up in quiet resistance. "How're you gonna stop every person who's going to rape, or rob? What about the people who steal for a reason, or the people who's crimes aren't so severe?" There's so much unknown about this, and as kneejerk as his initial reaction was, Nate feels like these are the things the other man should have answers to, before people like him, people far less likely to try and understand the outlander, asked the same ones.
The way Sunjata's eyes leave him fills Nate with something like guilt, something he bites down on hard, refusing to let it rise in his throat when he's still got this soapbox to shout from. "Maybe not as it is, but... fuck Jata, there's things between lawlessness and co- arbiters." There had to be some other way to move Haulani towards a safer tomorrow, without tugging at the freedom of it's people.
A deep sigh leaves Nate at the blunt answer, the way it feels like he's the one being ridiculous, and he meets the gaze that comes back to him head on, chin up in quiet resistance. "How're you gonna stop every person who's going to rape, or rob? What about the people who steal for a reason, or the people who's crimes aren't so severe?" There's so much unknown about this, and as kneejerk as his initial reaction was, Nate feels like these are the things the other man should have answers to, before people like him, people far less likely to try and understand the outlander, asked the same ones.
I would never call him enemy
He's the bad god I need
He's the bad god I need
