@ratled said : ‘ will i regret this? ’
❝ DEPENDS , ❞ hands gesture slightly out , a half - shrug as he speaks with a faux THOUGHTFULNESS , perking and RAISING his eyebrows. he was INTERESTING , this stranger .. usually those , well , TALLER than ercole held themselves more PROUDLY. that’s what the case USUALLY was around these parts , anyways ―― but if anything , it was a DEAD indicator this man was an outsider , OUT - OF - TOWNER , and he couldn’t leave ANY newcomer without a ‘ warm ’ welcome !
❝ are you looking to GIVE me a reason to PUNT you , or are you just being UNA IDIOTA ? ❞ he continued , and although it’s a QUESTION , there didn’t really seem to be [ . . . ] ROOM for a good answer , not very much LEEWAY for debate. as if his mind was MADE - UP already. no matter the CASE , though , ercole was having FUN teasing such a character .. and did he PLAN to milk it for WHATEVER it was worth ? possibly so. it didn’t seem like this STRANGER here had much to say about it.