"A little bit of this, a little bit of that," he replied, emphasizing the words with a back-and-forth wave. "'Anything' means anything. I'm a bit of a jack-of-all trades, really."
Sometimes that was a contrived answer for people who weren't accomplished at much, or people who wanted others to believe they were accomplished at much. To Jess, it was just the truth. The smartest way to do his job, be the kind of person he had to be. Mastering everything meant no one could hamstring you over a weakness.
He and Margaery had one thing in common: if there was something about bushcraft he didn't know, he'd damn well learn it.
"But professionally? Soldiering." And other things even more professionally than that, but that was a topic Jess veered away from.
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Sometimes that was a contrived answer for people who weren't accomplished at much, or people who wanted others to believe they were accomplished at much. To Jess, it was just the truth. The smartest way to do his job, be the kind of person he had to be. Mastering everything meant no one could hamstring you over a weakness.
He and Margaery had one thing in common: if there was something about bushcraft he didn't know, he'd damn well learn it.
"But professionally? Soldiering." And other things even more professionally than that, but that was a topic Jess veered away from.