[ There's a breathless flash of a grin, even as said knife is twisted out of his hand. ]
Do you never wish to have something in reserve?
[ For a long time, Ellis hasn't. It hadn't mattered to him then, but enough has shifted that he finds it necessary to learn at least one new trick. ]
And I need a challenge.
[ Kirkwall does not offer the same visceral challenge that surviving on his own, in the wild and against darkspawn, had done. Ellis doesn't expect Marcoulf to measure up against all that, but being outmatched in a new field comes close enough to what he's missing. ]
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Do you never wish to have something in reserve?
[ For a long time, Ellis hasn't. It hadn't mattered to him then, but enough has shifted that he finds it necessary to learn at least one new trick. ]
And I need a challenge.
[ Kirkwall does not offer the same visceral challenge that surviving on his own, in the wild and against darkspawn, had done. Ellis doesn't expect Marcoulf to measure up against all that, but being outmatched in a new field comes close enough to what he's missing. ]