( showing off isn't inherently bad, nor a bad way to teach by example. though clarke doesn't necessarily have the mindset of a student at the moment, she turns and watches the dagger hit him on the cutout target, offers a hum of appreciation for the fact it manages to stick. impressive, or at least better than her and serving to taper the edges of distress that threaten to creep in when she imagines how woefully unprepared they all are for this mission.
because for all their hosts press that it is simple political intrigue with a hint of rigging events, she doesn't expect anything to go as smoothly as that. the waters around different parties coming together in the name of cooperation — coalition — were murky at best, bloody at worst. and as fiercely as she wants to disentangle herself from this war that isn't the one she should be fighting, clarke isn't ready to die for this cause.
and a good way to avoid death was to properly equip themselves, so they should all have guns. or maybe daggers. like the one she's turning over in her hands, careful to avoid the sharper edges before offering it back to mat. )
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because for all their hosts press that it is simple political intrigue with a hint of rigging events, she doesn't expect anything to go as smoothly as that. the waters around different parties coming together in the name of cooperation — coalition — were murky at best, bloody at worst. and as fiercely as she wants to disentangle herself from this war that isn't the one she should be fighting, clarke isn't ready to die for this cause.
and a good way to avoid death was to properly equip themselves, so they should all have guns. or maybe daggers. like the one she's turning over in her hands, careful to avoid the sharper edges before offering it back to mat. )
I think it's better safe than sorry.