It's impossible not to glance up. It's impossible not to notice the small shifts of a human pillar meant to make certain they all died much more dramatically than at the end of these guns.
Horatio's head ducks, heavier this time before he forces himself to study the axes again.
Maybe the smaller hatchets wouldn't be so bad. Maybe a trapped man really would be like a trapped animal, and it would turn into a sort of kindness to dispatch of them. He can't quite believe it, but he clenches his jaw around the thought and tries to work his way back into his own voice.
"But it's..."
He can feel the tremble coming back into his throat. He forces himself to set his fingers on the throat of the nearest axe. It isn't steadying at all, but it's something to grit his teeth against.
"It's the same motion, isn't it? Whatever or... whoever you're being asked to cut down."
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Date: 2017-07-30 10:09 pm (UTC)Horatio's head ducks, heavier this time before he forces himself to study the axes again.
Maybe the smaller hatchets wouldn't be so bad. Maybe a trapped man really would be like a trapped animal, and it would turn into a sort of kindness to dispatch of them. He can't quite believe it, but he clenches his jaw around the thought and tries to work his way back into his own voice.
"But it's..."
He can feel the tremble coming back into his throat. He forces himself to set his fingers on the throat of the nearest axe. It isn't steadying at all, but it's something to grit his teeth against.
"It's the same motion, isn't it? Whatever or... whoever you're being asked to cut down."