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Xerxes Break ([personal profile] payingfordeliverance) wrote in [community profile] deercountry 2022-02-19 03:39 pm (UTC)

[Qrow's expressed a similar sentiment -- that he wouldn't know what to do with himself if he properly "retired" as Break has. The Hunters have too much by way of rules and paperwork for his tastes, but Break knows he still hunts down the odd monster here and there just for the sake of doing what he's always done, and has written deep in his heart. Break himself keeps his hand in, far too paranoid to let himself go even as he claims there are far scarier warriors in town and that means he can fight for fun again, and even thinks in passing from time to time that taking on a proper apprentice might be fun.

Probably every veteran of anything has those sorts of thoughts here. The world is so inherently dangerous, and you can't just escape what you've always been.]


Whatever suits you, really. [This comment sounds flippant, but he's not without sympathy.] If you're the heroic type, there's always something to do. The Hunters focus on bringing down the beasts and things that plague the place, if you're keen on being on a local team. Mm, but -- there are plenty of endeavors led by Sleepers, too. A particular young lady of my acquaintance and some of the friends she's made here focus on keeping safehouses about the town, for example, so that people will have safe and well-stocked places to go in the event of a crisis.

[He braces his hands on the back of the bench on either side of him, so that he can lean back a little. The next thing he says comes in a somewhat brighter tone. Break was uncertain of himself too when he arrived, but the path he's chosen has treated him well, and he's confident in it now.]

Me, I'm retired, these days. At home I was one of the strongest fighters around, but this place is just crawling with folks who can say the same, and with much weirder and greater powers than mine. Since no one will miss me on the field and I've a pile of kids to look after, I've spent these past several months learning to cook. It's always good for frightened kids and tired warriors to have a soft place to land in at the end of the day, you know?

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