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[skyglide]

[While Akito still isn’t happy being in Promenade, he is at least content with how things are for the moment. The lack of a familiar environment had been putting him on edge, but now that he’s found the trailer he feels less anxious; relaxed. Curled up at the table, swathed in his father’s jacket that's about fifty sizes too big and the smells he

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[limu_o_pele]

Maybe you should keep them, if there are people hunting you.

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[skyglide]

I don't use guns.

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[limu_o_pele]

No, you haven't used guns. You can never say where necessity may push you.

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[skyglide]

When did I say I haven't used them? I just said I don't use them. I've never needed a gun to kill someone.

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[limu_o_pele]

But you might, in future.

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[skyglide]

No, I won't.

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[limu_o_pele]

You're so sure.

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[skyglide]

I have reason to be.

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[limu_o_pele]

What reason is that?

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[skyglide]

Guns are only one of many kinds of weapons. There doesn't need to be any more reason than that.

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[limu_o_pele]

There does.

[She tilts her head slightly.]

Guns are the most efficient individual weapon available. Choosing to use a different weapon instead ignores efficiency and ease, which doesn't make much sense considering you were so concerned over people trying to kill you that you lied about your name.

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[skyglide]

[He can't help but laugh at that, because it's so beyond true for him.]

Guns are inefficient and unreliable compared to others. There are only so many rounds a gun can hold, and if you're looking for a convenient one for day-to-day use there are very limited shots available.

You don't know anything about where I'm from, or why people want me dead. When I say I have never and will never need to use a gun to defend myself, I mean it.

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[limu_o_pele]

Inefficient and unreliable, but your world still bothers to create such a wide range of ammunition for them.

Absolutes like that are foolish, regardless of who you are.

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[skyglide]

The more reliable weapons are too expensive and difficult to use, so why wouldn't they? The police use them because people are scared of them.

No, absolutes are not foolish depending on what they are. When you are a weapon more effective than a gun, why would you use one? The ones who want to kill me can stop and dodge bullets, so why would I use one? They're ineffective and useless. I will never use a gun to hurt someone.

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[limu_o_pele]

Not all threats will be able to do that, and you're unlikely to know if they can, if you haven't fired any bullets at them to find out.

All weapons can fail, as you've already pointed out. I would rather carry a gun in case of that moment and survive, than die because I let my pride blinker me.

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[skyglide]

I've never needed to fire a bullet at them. Other people have tried and failed already.

The only way this weapon will ever fail me is if I'm dead. I will never carry a gun. I will never need to carry a gun. You don't know anything about my world or my enemies - guns are useless and more likely to be used against you. My opinion isn't going to change, and I'm going to get this ammunition out of my trailer by the end of the day whether or not anyone wants to take it.