[The grin widens without the humor to back it up.] So it will. That's what the contract demands.
[There, he pauses and his head turns to the boy again for the first time since he set back to his work.] Oh? Interesting that you would come to that conclusion.
[He lifts a hand to the nose he'd just punched out, running fingers over one piece that formed an unexpected bump. Really though, there's not much to be done about it. The sotoba isn't sharp enough to detail on meat this hardy and he's not bringing the scythe out of it right now with the child this close to risk startling him into summoning the demon in on this conversation. He still has a mouth to carve out, after all. It will have to do for now.]
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[There, he pauses and his head turns to the boy again for the first time since he set back to his work.] Oh? Interesting that you would come to that conclusion.
[He lifts a hand to the nose he'd just punched out, running fingers over one piece that formed an unexpected bump. Really though, there's not much to be done about it. The sotoba isn't sharp enough to detail on meat this hardy and he's not bringing the scythe out of it right now with the child this close to risk startling him into summoning the demon in on this conversation. He still has a mouth to carve out, after all. It will have to do for now.]