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[captainryan]

There's a werewolf at the bar looking over various pieces of equipment, a pot of tea at his elbow.

Botherable.

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[riversinger]

"Hullo you."

Have a pretty blonde werewolf to go with your new toys.

"What's all this?"

[riversinger]

River blinks, wincing a bit.

"Do I have to?"

[captainryan]

"It depends entirely on the situation." He gives her a small bump.

"If it has to be done, I'll deal with it."

Wouldn't be the first time. This probably doesn't reassure her.

[riversinger]

On the contrary, if he thinks it needs to be done, she'd rather he take care of it.

She trusts him.

"Can we focus more on the mechanics and leave the sticky ethical dilemmas for later?"

[captainryan]

"Fair enough.

"Range first."

There, that's cut and dry enough, isn't it?

[riversinger]

She nods, leaning her shoulder against his for a brief moment, her hands curled around her teacup.

"I'll try not to embarrass you too badly."

[captainryan]

"Believe me when I say I'll have seen worse."

Suzi scared the bejeezus out of him the first, and only, time he got her to fire a gun.

[riversinger]

"I should hope so. I've fired energy weapons before. Non-lethal ones. These projectiles -- they just seem so -- primitive."

Fifty fourth century sensibilities are so very different than his own sometimes.

[captainryan]

"They're what I know," he says dryly, arching an eyebrow at her.

Don't insult his weapons. They're the only weapons he has.

[riversinger]

She sits back a little, giving him a gentle smile. "And I've no doubt they're deadly in your hands. They just -- well, frankly... They're loud."

Someone has spent far too many years in a library.

[captainryan]

"We'll get you a set of earplugs."

Silencers throw off aim slightly.

[riversinger]

Again she wrinkles her nose just a bit.

"Earplugs." She's out of excuses. "Well, I suppose if you insist."

[captainryan]

He tilts his head at her.

"I thought you wanted to learn?"

[riversinger]

"I do," she says without hesitation, and her scent concurs.

"But you know how I feel about -- violence. It's just -- it should be a tool of last resort."

[captainryan]

He frowns.

"Define 'last resort'."

[riversinger]

"Richard, don't be cross with me." She sips her tea, watching him with keen eyes.

"I've a right to my opinions, backed up as they are by my own experiences."