That's one way to go. [ and if what jaskier said wasn't enough to convince sam, the sound of that laugh confirmed pretty much everything he needed to know. he exhales, shaking his head at the story and the message behind it with a kind of practiced sort of acceptance. alright, okay, he gets it.
and maybe it's a little more complicated than sam is making it out to be. because yes, he also needs money. wasn't that his whole issue back home? after everything they'd gone through, everything sam and the other avengers did, and still struggling with money? still trying to find a way to make ends meet? sam understands what jaskier is saying about it all, but it's still depressing as hell. and if given the option, he doesn't think he would have gone back and asked for money either. so what does that make him in jaskier's eyes? a stupid knight?
he appreciates the change of topic, because he doesn't know if he wants to delve into all of that right now. ]
You can be humble and also confident. [ he corrects, softly.
the terminology, the words he's using. low born, peasant. sam laughs a bit to himself at the idea of it all, resettling back on his bed, considering the words. because jaskier has a point, and it rings true in ways that jaskier probably has no idea. ] You're not wrong, but there are also a lot of people who would benefit from a better world. A lot of people who can't make it better for themselves. [ quite a thankless job. there's a moment, there, where sam actually pauses on that, and considers what he means. it feels a bit like he's looking over the last few years of his life - going on the run with steve, the big battle, the blip, coming back, walker. there's a faraway look in sam's eyes then, too, when he thinks about his nephews, about what it felt like when he first put on that new suit bucky had left for him. about new york and karli. after those seconds pass, he does finally blink, pulling himself out of that moment and sitting back up again. ]
Not necessarily, or- not for everyone. [ not for me. but then sam feels himself smile a bit sheepishly, like he can hear how naive he might sound. in front of cameras it's so easy to believe these big words and idealistic beliefs, and yet somehow in this room, with jaskier, it feels a bit. well. feels a bit like he's trying too hard to be steve rogers. ] But it'd also depend on what you want to get out of it, and what kind of thanks you're gunning for. You can still want the better for people without expecting anything back.
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and maybe it's a little more complicated than sam is making it out to be. because yes, he also needs money. wasn't that his whole issue back home? after everything they'd gone through, everything sam and the other avengers did, and still struggling with money? still trying to find a way to make ends meet? sam understands what jaskier is saying about it all, but it's still depressing as hell. and if given the option, he doesn't think he would have gone back and asked for money either. so what does that make him in jaskier's eyes? a stupid knight?
he appreciates the change of topic, because he doesn't know if he wants to delve into all of that right now. ]
You can be humble and also confident. [ he corrects, softly.
the terminology, the words he's using. low born, peasant. sam laughs a bit to himself at the idea of it all, resettling back on his bed, considering the words. because jaskier has a point, and it rings true in ways that jaskier probably has no idea. ] You're not wrong, but there are also a lot of people who would benefit from a better world. A lot of people who can't make it better for themselves. [ quite a thankless job. there's a moment, there, where sam actually pauses on that, and considers what he means. it feels a bit like he's looking over the last few years of his life - going on the run with steve, the big battle, the blip, coming back, walker. there's a faraway look in sam's eyes then, too, when he thinks about his nephews, about what it felt like when he first put on that new suit bucky had left for him. about new york and karli. after those seconds pass, he does finally blink, pulling himself out of that moment and sitting back up again. ]
Not necessarily, or- not for everyone. [ not for me. but then sam feels himself smile a bit sheepishly, like he can hear how naive he might sound. in front of cameras it's so easy to believe these big words and idealistic beliefs, and yet somehow in this room, with jaskier, it feels a bit. well. feels a bit like he's trying too hard to be steve rogers. ] But it'd also depend on what you want to get out of it, and what kind of thanks you're gunning for. You can still want the better for people without expecting anything back.