[Cliff's gaze darkened as he watched the recruits spar once more, noting their moves and just how easy they could have been taken down by a lazy college kid who liked his battle sims a little too much. They would need much more training if they were to survive, but there would still always be that weakness.
Souji called it reassurance. Cliff called it carelessness. Had he grown up in an environment like this, Cliff knew that he would be far wilder than he was, because death ultimately met nothing.
Even the people who were lost for centuries would, eventually, come back.
He huffed, his thoughts straying off on a tangent that he wasn't going to detail. Not so openly. Not to Souji.]
...You've got a point, but that also just leaves an opening for people to make mistakes because they don't have that fear. [Like he said earlier-- keeping a shred of fear keeps a person sharp. The moment that fear vanishes is when something bad happens.]
Besides. Someone needs to teach these kids who don't know a lick about fighting a little bit about just surviving. Back in town, I mean. Not everyone's cut out for this kinda life.
Action-- October 13
Souji called it reassurance. Cliff called it carelessness. Had he grown up in an environment like this, Cliff knew that he would be far wilder than he was, because death ultimately met nothing.
Even the people who were lost for centuries would, eventually, come back.
He huffed, his thoughts straying off on a tangent that he wasn't going to detail. Not so openly. Not to Souji.]
...You've got a point, but that also just leaves an opening for people to make mistakes because they don't have that fear. [Like he said earlier-- keeping a shred of fear keeps a person sharp. The moment that fear vanishes is when something bad happens.]
Besides. Someone needs to teach these kids who don't know a lick about fighting a little bit about just surviving. Back in town, I mean. Not everyone's cut out for this kinda life.