text; un: iron_captian

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[It's later in the day and the bomb has gone off, but someone hasn't yet heard about it. He's got a slightly more pressing question right now. It's a good one, really.]

HOW DO YOU FIGHT A PERSON WITH A GUN????

[He's also kind of an older guy too. Texting doesn't come natural to him.]

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[walkingthevoid]

Depends on the armor and the bullet.

If you won't take advantage of the tools available to you, then you have to learn how those tools work. Many opponents pick up a gun and only focus on what's down the sights... if something's in front of them they fail to consider what might be behind them.

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[Stealth... that's not in Victarion's skill tree. He is a man used to being a target and laughing off attacks. This is like dealing with the bog devils in the North. There was no winning.]

DAMNABLE WEAPONS. HAVE THEY NO PRIDE AS WARRIORS?

[Okay that's sort of off topic, but this is really frustrating for him.]

[walkingthevoid]

Perhaps they come from a place where the opponents have something more formidable than a gun.

[you know like paracausal alien magic or mastery over timelines that can erase a person from existence.]

Or perhaps they've just figured out that prideful warriors tend not to live as long.

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IT IS BETTER TO DIE WITH HONOR THAN TO LIVE AS A CRAVEN

[walkingthevoid]

I suppose that depends on how much value you place to your personal survival.

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[He would fire off some proud rhetoric of some kind here, but he is taking this pretty seriously...]

I DO NOT WISH TO DIE JUST YET

MAYHAPS A BETTER WEAPON. BIGGER. STRONGER.

[Surely a gun would pale to dragon's flame.]

[walkingthevoid]

[Ikora's not sure how getting a bigger stronger weapon is less craven than just using a gun but...]

Yes, brute force is always an option.

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I HAVE HEARD THERE ARE DRAGONS HERE. THEY WOULD DO.

[He needs only obtain Dragonbinder... and a way to blow the horn that doesn't get him killed.]

[walkingthevoid]

One wonders if the trouble of capturing a dragon and bending it to your will is truly worth the ability to say you still have your pride.

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WHAT WORTH HAS A MAN WITHOUT HIS PRIDE?


[He's done far worse and far harder things than that to preserve his pride and honor. Things that haunt him in his sleep.]

[walkingthevoid]

I guess that is up to your personal metric for "worth."

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WHEN WE MEET OUR GODS, WE WILL BE JUDGED NOT BY THE LENGTH OF OUR LIVES OR THE COINS IN OUR POCKETS,
BUT BY THE FEROCITY AND STRENGTH SHOWN IN BATTLE. LITTLE ELSE COMPARES IN VALUE.

[walkingthevoid]

I guess that is up to your personal experience with the concept of a god.

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MINE HAS LEFT A MARK UPON ME NOT SOON FORGOTTEN.