He gives Vasquez a quick once over, taking in the longer beard, the shaggier, curling hair. Skinnier than he remembers, too, but he doesn’t seem to be missing any limbs, doesn’t seem to be sporting any new limps or strange leans that would signal an old wound.
Whole, then, if not hale.
The relief is short-lived, however, when Vasquez stands and starts backing up, though the other man seems to think better of it as he straightens his back, as he tries to inject steel in his voice. The reaction just sparks Faraday’s fury all over again.
Faraday barks out a disbelieving laugh, stomping forward until there’s only a pace of empty air between them.
“That’s all you gotta say to me?” He pitches his voice low – the warning hiss of a snake about to strike. Quite a few men tend to get louder as they grow angrier, tend to shout and wave their arms around, make themselves bigger for intimidation purposes. Faraday, however, just gets quieter. “All this time you been hidin’ goddamn your face in this town, and you’ve got the nerve to ask me what I’m doin’ here?”
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Date: 2018-11-05 11:28 pm (UTC)Whole, then, if not hale.
The relief is short-lived, however, when Vasquez stands and starts backing up, though the other man seems to think better of it as he straightens his back, as he tries to inject steel in his voice. The reaction just sparks Faraday’s fury all over again.
Faraday barks out a disbelieving laugh, stomping forward until there’s only a pace of empty air between them.
“That’s all you gotta say to me?” He pitches his voice low – the warning hiss of a snake about to strike. Quite a few men tend to get louder as they grow angrier, tend to shout and wave their arms around, make themselves bigger for intimidation purposes. Faraday, however, just gets quieter. “All this time you been hidin’ goddamn your face in this town, and you’ve got the nerve to ask me what I’m doin’ here?”