[ okay okay let's be fair here - sam is not laughing at jaskier here. more simply, there is a ridiculousness that comes with realizing that they can be from such different worlds and lives and places and somehow still end up with. grumpy, emotionally-constipated men being called white wolf.
so sam just nods along with jaskier's explanation, and breaks into another snort of a laugh when jaskier obviously recognizes the look. it's possibly bucky's is a little different from geralt's, sure, but the hardened brows all start to look the same after a while. though sam would only say as much because he knows the guys. ]
We've been working together for a bit now. Had a similar friend. That kind of thing. [ actually, that's not it at all, and sam feels himself sputter off in the explanation. how does he explain who bucky barnes is to someone who has no concept of the winter soldier? sam feels himself get distracted for a moment, falling down a kind of rabbit hole as thinks more about it, up until jaskier mentions werewolf and sam's eyes go a bit wide. ]
Oh- oh no. It's more- ah. [ sam pauses, rubbing at his chin for a moment or so while he thinks about how he wants to say this. ] It's more of a metaphor. He spent some time with a people who gave him the name because of his- well. I'd say skillset, but I think it has more to do with the fact he was one of the only white men in the whole country, and he's got the whole loner hunter wolf vibe. I don't know. I'd be interested to see if you see it when you meet him.
[ it is, however, at the suggestion that he might be a werewolf that sam barks out another laugh, shaking his head and his hands for emphasis. ] Oh no, no, I am definitely just a normal dude. [ and, alright, maybe normal dude is playing down everything he's done and worked towards being over the last few years, but sam is pretty comfortable with that. you sort of have to be, considering he'd been surrounded by super soldiers, gods, witches, and whatever it is he's supposed to call hulk these days. ] But good to know Geralt has a moral code with his monster killing. I'll keep that in mind if I ever get bit.
[ oh, right, jaskier asked a question. what do you do. that's a first himself, though he supposes he shares that concept with jaskier - the idea that someone doesn't know the avengers. wouldn't have any connection to them, or at least heard stories. whether or not sam's recognized for his work as the falcon- and. well. now captain america is something he's used to. but someone not knowing the avengers? ]
And we're kind of...ah. You know I never had a hard time explaining this before I got brought here? [ sam says it with a kind of grin, a sort of camaraderie in knowing how out of place they all are. he shifts a bit in his chair, resettles. ] I guess we were sort of... [ 'avengers' doesn't really work anymore, does it? ] Protectors, I guess? People with special training and connections and in some cases, abilities, and we would fight big bad guys.
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so sam just nods along with jaskier's explanation, and breaks into another snort of a laugh when jaskier obviously recognizes the look. it's possibly bucky's is a little different from geralt's, sure, but the hardened brows all start to look the same after a while. though sam would only say as much because he knows the guys. ]
We've been working together for a bit now. Had a similar friend. That kind of thing. [ actually, that's not it at all, and sam feels himself sputter off in the explanation. how does he explain who bucky barnes is to someone who has no concept of the winter soldier? sam feels himself get distracted for a moment, falling down a kind of rabbit hole as thinks more about it, up until jaskier mentions werewolf and sam's eyes go a bit wide. ]
Oh- oh no. It's more- ah. [ sam pauses, rubbing at his chin for a moment or so while he thinks about how he wants to say this. ] It's more of a metaphor. He spent some time with a people who gave him the name because of his- well. I'd say skillset, but I think it has more to do with the fact he was one of the only white men in the whole country, and he's got the whole loner hunter wolf vibe. I don't know. I'd be interested to see if you see it when you meet him.
[ it is, however, at the suggestion that he might be a werewolf that sam barks out another laugh, shaking his head and his hands for emphasis. ] Oh no, no, I am definitely just a normal dude. [ and, alright, maybe normal dude is playing down everything he's done and worked towards being over the last few years, but sam is pretty comfortable with that. you sort of have to be, considering he'd been surrounded by super soldiers, gods, witches, and whatever it is he's supposed to call hulk these days. ] But good to know Geralt has a moral code with his monster killing. I'll keep that in mind if I ever get bit.
[ oh, right, jaskier asked a question. what do you do. that's a first himself, though he supposes he shares that concept with jaskier - the idea that someone doesn't know the avengers. wouldn't have any connection to them, or at least heard stories. whether or not sam's recognized for his work as the falcon- and. well. now captain america is something he's used to. but someone not knowing the avengers? ]
And we're kind of...ah. You know I never had a hard time explaining this before I got brought here? [ sam says it with a kind of grin, a sort of camaraderie in knowing how out of place they all are. he shifts a bit in his chair, resettles. ] I guess we were sort of... [ 'avengers' doesn't really work anymore, does it? ] Protectors, I guess? People with special training and connections and in some cases, abilities, and we would fight big bad guys.