Euphemistically earns a begrudging grunt of acknowledgment from Frank. Yeah, all right, fair enough. Somewhere, some altar boy in a red suit is yammering on about meathooks.
"Not planning on it," he agrees, which. isn't actually any kind of promise that he won't, but, "I only hurt people who deserve it, alright. The people out there," with a nod back out into the pub, "They got bigger things to worry about right now than killing each other."
And if that changes, well. That'll be an interesting day. But he doesn't miss the broader implications in Sam's question, either.
"Look, the way I see it, you and I got bigger things to worry about too. But I don't get to make that decision for you. If who I am and what I do is going to be a problem for you, that's a problem we ought to sort out now, not another month from now when we're in the middle of the next shitstorm and you figure it out on your own."
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"Not planning on it," he agrees, which. isn't actually any kind of promise that he won't, but, "I only hurt people who deserve it, alright. The people out there," with a nod back out into the pub, "They got bigger things to worry about right now than killing each other."
And if that changes, well. That'll be an interesting day. But he doesn't miss the broader implications in Sam's question, either.
"Look, the way I see it, you and I got bigger things to worry about too. But I don't get to make that decision for you. If who I am and what I do is going to be a problem for you, that's a problem we ought to sort out now, not another month from now when we're in the middle of the next shitstorm and you figure it out on your own."