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I think it'd be better to get the fight over as quickly as possible.

You say this but there are countless reports of people shooting themselves in the foot.

[He should take care of himself first!!]

I tend to think similarly. I'd rather there be no fight at all if possible. But if you must square up in close combat and want to end it quickly an axe is a good choice. Offensively dangerous, easy to use and disarm others. Intimidating.

That is correct, which is why most of gun training is about not doing that sort of thing. I knew a братва boy who blew his own kneecap off.

Oh, братва is the Russian mob.

[ If he does not work literally 24/7 everyone in the world will die and it'll be his fault. Is that what you want, Adelaide? ]

Like the kind you cut down trees with?

Why do you know people in the Russian mob? Actually I guess that probably isn't that important as the moral of the story, which is if I have a gun don't be a fucking idiot with it.

[That is literally not going to happen so you can stop stressing yourself out and relax for once!!!]

Not those specific ones but items of those types. Just ones made for killing things. Not very good defensively, but a tomahawk or two is an excellent way to increase enemy limb dispersal.

You are correct. It is the moral of most of my stories involving братва, though I never did meet Нет хуй Maksim.

[ Google translate Нет хуй, I'll wait. ]

But it's all very simple as long as you don't get cocky.

[ You don't know that for sure and neither does he, but why take the risk? ]

I see. Maybe that's worth looking into.

[And she will google that, thank you very much.]

Is that a literal name or not?

Nothing's been simple since coming here.

[Everything is complicated all the time.]

I tend to develop towards covering as many bases as possible, so do let me know if you develop a preference.

I wouldn’t know. As I say I never met the man. He was just always mentioned when a young member carried their gun in the waistband of their pants.

On that we agree, but I suspect for different reasons.

[ All the magic and stuff has been normal to him. It’s the normal things that he’s always confused by. ]

I will, if that ends up happening.

[You never know.]

Sounds like he got that name for a reason, even if the reason was to just teach recruits proper gun safety.

Oh, definitely different. Normally that wouldn't be a bad thing, though.

[She's not sure it's a bad thing now, honestly, but sometimes everything just feels bad.]

Conversely, you could take the route I've chosen- rather than focusing on increasing your capabilities, seek to reduce your blind spots and become competent in numerous weapons rather than a master of many.

[ Rex really doesn't actually get that doing that sort of thing is really, really hard unless you're like him. He seriously undervalues his own competence. ]

It didn't work, if that was the reason. Everyone with a gun I've seen here needs to learn his story too.

What wouldn't be bad? The difference or the complication?

I'm not sure I've got enough time to do that.

[She knows her limits!]

Both. Usually complicated isn't too bad and having different views is usually good, but here it's all just bad all the way down.

Or, well, that's how it seems, what with the world ending and all that.

It's not that time consuming.

[ Rex has no limits! *charging up noise* ]

No, that's basically correct.

[ That's not quite Rex level hopelessness but she's just a beginner. Get some practice, miss some sleep. ]

Everyone always seems to forget we're all going to die if we don't do this right. It's quite distressing.

Maybe for you, but I'm just me.

[Rex should get some limits before he keels over.]

Thinking about it is exhausting, and besides - it's not all set in stone yet. I'd rather think about the chance things might go okay.

[But maybe she's an idiot, she almost says. But nope, not going to dunk on herself. This time.]

I'm sure you're more capable than you give yourself credit for. Most people are.

[ Except him. Obviously.^* ]

They'll be okay if we make them so and not under any other circumstance.

[ And by 'we' he means 'I, personally' of course.^* ]

*Just gonna refer you to his profile page here.

Maybe, but that doesn't mean I'm going to be some sort of badass super soldier.

[She's going to need some time to get any confidence at all back.]

I mean, yeah, but that doesn't mean we'll fail.

[She 100% means we. Teamwork makes the dream work, baby.]

A reasonable position, but I'm certain you'll make positive contribution. And anything that is not negative is a plus.

[ That's a fucking pun, dude. ]

No, I'm sure we all all do our best. But it doesn't mean we'll succeed either.

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I'm not going to say you're right, but I can't argue with that.

[She can't even be mad because she fucking loves puns.]

I think it means we'll be more likely to succeed than if we didn't try at all.

Unless we do a terrible job of it.

[ Eeyoring intesifies. ]

You don't have to be such a Negative Nancy.

It'll be fine!

[You stop that.]

Yes, that's what I'm saying.

Unless we do a terrible job at it.

We're not going to do a terrible job at it.

Let's compromise and say we'll do our best.

[ Their best may be horrible. Look at these idiots.

They're actually having Spring Break. God. Everyone is going to die and when they do it will be because he couldn't save them. ]

Seems fair enough.

[Their best is going to be just fine - there's enough of them there they can make it happen.]

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