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[It hits Hades on the head when it falls, because that's the kind of luck he has. Thankfully his skull is very thick and it doesn't bother him too much, so he'll just scoop it up and look up to the roof when he hears Valor call.

He'll just walk up to the roof then, using Stability to walk up the wall in order to hand it over.]

Here you are.

[honestly, he didn't expect Hades to go through the trouble of actually, like, walking up the wall to hand it back in person, so there's a blink of surprise before he takes back the half-finished carving.]

You know you're so fucking tall you probably could've just fucking handed it to me from down there.

...

[There is a moment where he just kind of stands there, trying to compute.]

That is... probably an exaggeration.

I did not know you carved wood.

[bending over the carving again. if Hades looks closely, he seems to be using a knife that's made for the purpose, with a short, sharp blade and thick handle. ...the carving appears to be of a half-finished bird skull.]

What, I can't have a fucking hobby?

[That's cute...]

To express surprise at the kinds of hobbies you have is not to deny that you can have them, you know.

I simply never expected this to be the kind of hobby you engaged in.

Yeah, well, I'm fresh out of puppies to kick. Those suckers are expensive.

Not a single person has kicking puppies as a hobby.

[Even if you are evil and cruel, it just wouldn't be fun, Hades thinks.]

What do you like to carve most?

[that's weirdly wholesome of Hades, to think that an evil and cruel person wouldn't enjoy puppy-kicking, even if Valor agrees. though puppies are likelier to die just by existing around Valor, really, thanks to the whole Abyssal thing.]

[without missing a beat, Valor replies,]

Femurs.

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So you just make the wood skinnier?

[He absolutely thinks that Valor means he is carving wood into the shape of femurs.]

[well, it was a deliberately ambiguous statement... though Valor has a more important bone to pick with Hades' response]

Have you ever even fucking looked at a femur? The ends have all those fucking knobs, it's not easy to carve round shit like that.

I do not look very hard at bones, no. I am not a doctor.

[Takes a seat nearby.]

I must take your word for it.

Oh, come on. You must have at least some idea what a fucking bone looks like. From animals, if nothing else.

I know what bones look like just fine. They are like little sticks.

[DUH.]

[eyerolls again]

And that's the best you got, they look like sticks. Try actually using your fucking eyes the next time you see a fucking bone.

I am not a weird death fanboy, so I do not study remains, of human or animal. I fail to see how knowledge of the intricacies of the shape of bones would benefit me. I know well enough how to break them.

[eyerolling again]

It's not about fucking death, it's about having some fucking observational skills. Details, motherfucker. Saying all bones are like sticks is like saying all swords are sharp pieces of metal.

Well, broadly speaking that is the truth, and it does not serve people who are not using or collecting swords extensively to know the difference. And I am not really collecting or using bones all that much, you know.

[He pauses, looking down at his own hands.]

Yeah, well, maybe you should get on that. Learn a little bit about anatomy so you can break bones more effectively.

[Sighs!]

Maybe. I do need to learn something more, I think. I am not so sure bones are really in my scope of interest, though. Breaking them or otherwise.

..... How is it you find such things so easy, anyway?

Gonna have to be a little more specific, blondie. Find what so easy?

Mhhh.... Things like breaking bones.

Other peoples' bones.

[shrugs]

Guess I'm just like this.

Oh.

[Really just nothing, huh? He supposes he shouldn't be surprised, it isn't like he remembers why his other self was so comfortable with it either. Or why he isn't anymore.]

Have you ever not been like this?

Does it matter? I'm like this now.

Well, I was asking because I...

... While I do not want to kill indiscriminately, I have struggled to bring my full strength to bear when it is necessary. I do not like the idea that I should falter when I am needed.

[He just wants to know how he can be like. MODERATELY OK with SOME murder.

Who would know how to be better at being ok with murder than Valor?]