A 'Thank you' was murmured out as he took the cup back - manners were a default setting for the Southerner, but his gaze settled back on his company.
Raylan had chased and anticipated and interrogated more men than Flint had killed in his lifetime, so it was easy for him to guess what might come next. That didn't stop the subtle surprise of it being uttered into the air. Doing that kind of stuff makes it reality, you know.
He couldn't help the pull of his smile into his cup or how secretly pleased he was to not be hated or worse, looked at with ambivalence.
"Of course," he agreed quietly just after, amusement crinkling his features.
"Just cause everyone you're used to calls you a pirate don't make you any less of a regular man. Just one that rides seas instead of horses. The situation is different here and I've been on friendly terms with all sorts. Last guy I went after, I grew up with since middle school. We dug coal together, our daddies ran the criminal element of the county. Not all people that commit crimes are 'bad', in such a way. Even if the rest of society chooses to put them under an umbrella assumption."
He wasn't here to judge Flint.
"And you're good company, generally speaking." IE when he wasn't calling for getting punched or murdering men.
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Raylan had chased and anticipated and interrogated more men than Flint had killed in his lifetime, so it was easy for him to guess what might come next. That didn't stop the subtle surprise of it being uttered into the air. Doing that kind of stuff makes it reality, you know.
He couldn't help the pull of his smile into his cup or how secretly pleased he was to not be hated or worse, looked at with ambivalence.
"Of course," he agreed quietly just after, amusement crinkling his features.
"Just cause everyone you're used to calls you a pirate don't make you any less of a regular man. Just one that rides seas instead of horses. The situation is different here and I've been on friendly terms with all sorts. Last guy I went after, I grew up with since middle school. We dug coal together, our daddies ran the criminal element of the county. Not all people that commit crimes are 'bad', in such a way. Even if the rest of society chooses to put them under an umbrella assumption."
He wasn't here to judge Flint.
"And you're good company, generally speaking." IE when he wasn't calling for getting punched or murdering men.