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[I'll make this pretty later one day maybe, maybe not]

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a good hero in training

[steeltraps]

Eh, suit yourself.

You gotta calm down. I ain't gonna hurt ya or anythin' All that flinching's not doing you any good ya know? Aren't you training to be some sorta police officer or somethin anyway?

[He's not so sure he wants a teenager to buy him food. HE HAS MONEY!! He's not without his own means. But, in any case he downs the contents of his canteen in one go. It's just water -- his gut will protect him from river diseases. He's been through worse.]

[earrdrums]

[Let's see... does she want to argue semantics, here? "Police officer" feels a bit like small potatoes compared to what she's aiming for, but at the same time...
Nah, not worth it. Not really.]

I mean, not really a police officer, but that's close enough. But don't you think it's better that I'm on edge if I'm supposed to be something like that?
I'm ready for anything at a moment's notice.

[...]

Plus you keep shoving things at me. Anyone's gonna flinch if you just shove things at them without warning, you know.

[Look, she's the anxious sort, you can't just DO that without giving her a heads up --]