[He glared as he spoke, giving Aymeric a dangerous look, as if the man was playing with fire, and mayhap he was.]
My soul hungers for one thing and one thing alone, and that is naught more than vengeance against dragonkind. If you think that I would allow any such nonsense as what you are obsessing over to distract me from my goal, from my life's mission, I know not what to tell you.
Besides, 'tis cruel and foolish to engage in such entanglements when my revenge will prove to be a double edged sword.
[Meaning, he fully expects to die when he confronts Nidhogg. He knows what Aymeric tells him, but he still finds it hard to believe, and so—stubbornly—he still holds onto the idea that the future he has yet to live is not so clear cut.]
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[He glared as he spoke, giving Aymeric a dangerous look, as if the man was playing with fire, and mayhap he was.]
My soul hungers for one thing and one thing alone, and that is naught more than vengeance against dragonkind. If you think that I would allow any such nonsense as what you are obsessing over to distract me from my goal, from my life's mission, I know not what to tell you.
Besides, 'tis cruel and foolish to engage in such entanglements when my revenge will prove to be a double edged sword.
[Meaning, he fully expects to die when he confronts Nidhogg. He knows what Aymeric tells him, but he still finds it hard to believe, and so—stubbornly—he still holds onto the idea that the future he has yet to live is not so clear cut.]