[The gladius burns - only a flick of the wrist is enough to let it exit out of its target with the oddly sweet scent of burning flesh. But before he's able to step back, the man's hand has snaked around him, like a coil of a tentacle from an octopus's lair.]
[He makes his displeasure apparent with the show of teeth, using his free hand to grasp the other by the shoulder before pushing it away with his palm. Monsters? Ah. He glances around, before realizing what the other is referring to, and he can't help the roll of eyes in clear exasperation.]
Astute observation there. You should become a detective.
[A dry set of statements as he lets his other arm settle with the now-cooling gladius at his side. Death hangs over them both like a shadow. He barely notices it because this, unfortunately, is normal.]
[And it seems its exactly the same for the man currently attempting to embrace him.]
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[The gladius burns - only a flick of the wrist is enough to let it exit out of its target with the oddly sweet scent of burning flesh. But before he's able to step back, the man's hand has snaked around him, like a coil of a tentacle from an octopus's lair.]
[He makes his displeasure apparent with the show of teeth, using his free hand to grasp the other by the shoulder before pushing it away with his palm. Monsters? Ah. He glances around, before realizing what the other is referring to, and he can't help the roll of eyes in clear exasperation.]
Astute observation there. You should become a detective.
[A dry set of statements as he lets his other arm settle with the now-cooling gladius at his side. Death hangs over them both like a shadow. He barely notices it because this, unfortunately, is normal.]
[And it seems its exactly the same for the man currently attempting to embrace him.]