"I think I wanted to believe that as well..." Which had been foolish of him. He truly should have known better than that. "I should have known better, though. I've spent centuries fighting the darkness of my own world I should have known such things are rarely content to leave things be like that." The disappointment he has in himself is quite clear by the tone of his voice and the worn look upon his face.
"I fear I might be," for it is not a task he relishes. He does not like to hurt people, he never has, even though this will be far from the first time he's had to do so. And what sort of kindness would it truly be to leave them as they are now? Deranged or possessed enough to do this kind of violence without reason? "That we can do. Little enough that it might be."
Maedhros nods in thanks as he accepts them, handling them with care as he does so. "My thanks. A slight advantage can be the difference between success and failure when it comes to a fight like this." And he was a practical enough man that he'd not turn down the possibility of a slight edge against an opponent. He'd not survived for as long as he had by being foolish.
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"I fear I might be," for it is not a task he relishes. He does not like to hurt people, he never has, even though this will be far from the first time he's had to do so. And what sort of kindness would it truly be to leave them as they are now? Deranged or possessed enough to do this kind of violence without reason? "That we can do. Little enough that it might be."
Maedhros nods in thanks as he accepts them, handling them with care as he does so. "My thanks. A slight advantage can be the difference between success and failure when it comes to a fight like this." And he was a practical enough man that he'd not turn down the possibility of a slight edge against an opponent. He'd not survived for as long as he had by being foolish.