Once, Jim might have seemed like a pot about to boil over with his anger clouding his judgement were he making such a declaration. He doesn't boil over anymore so much as simmer quietly, his expression pulled tight in grim determination. Jim doesn't need to be the one to give the final blow, to see the job done, to scream his rage into the Dremora's face and make it know what it tried to take from him. Beat it until he's too tired to stand the way he once did to....
No.
The anger is still there but it is tempered by experience. No matter how badly Jim wants to lash out such rash actions won't be an aid to their mission here. He's slow to release the reins of his horse to dismount. His fingers pluck over his bow to test he's strung it well before they drift to check he has his phaser set well. If the Dremora can't be outright banished they'll kill it. Or well, destroy it's ties to this plane. It sounds an awful lot like killing but Felix made the distinction.
This is necessity. To see the mission done. Retrieving those books for Felix's former friend has to remain their top priority. Jim's not like Khan. He's not. It's a dangerous spiral to find himself in but the captain is jolted out of it by a reassuring clap on the shoulder from their Uncle.
"First sign of Trouble you lot yell and I'll come fast as I can." Which given his leg won't be as quick as one of the others but it's a damn sight better than no back up at all. "Don't worry. For now I've got the horses. You three look out for each other." Terentius nods Jim's way when he seems a bit taken aback. His nephew's husband may not be from Nirn but he's never let that slow him down when he was needed. Today will be no different.
It's enough to get Jim to twitch his lips in a grateful flicker of a smile before he turns to pay attention to the plan Stratos is laying out. Stratos has the ability to disappear when he wishes--getting close shouldn't be much of an issue for him. Felix and his familiar work in tandem and can react quicker than verbal orders given. And Jim? His best tools are a bow and his phaser. Neither is a weapon one wants to try and wield in close quarters combat. Pride and fear nearly make him insist he follow to the front as well, to not be in any less danger than the others, but everything Stratos says makes sound Tactical sense. It's a good plan.
Best as they'll get with just the three of them. He swallows.
"We wait two minutes and then follow the path after you." A beat and a deep breath. "I'll try to keep to the higher ground if possible so I can give you both some covering fire."
no subject
No.
The anger is still there but it is tempered by experience. No matter how badly Jim wants to lash out such rash actions won't be an aid to their mission here. He's slow to release the reins of his horse to dismount. His fingers pluck over his bow to test he's strung it well before they drift to check he has his phaser set well. If the Dremora can't be outright banished they'll kill it. Or well, destroy it's ties to this plane. It sounds an awful lot like killing but Felix made the distinction.
This is necessity. To see the mission done. Retrieving those books for Felix's former friend has to remain their top priority. Jim's not like Khan. He's not. It's a dangerous spiral to find himself in but the captain is jolted out of it by a reassuring clap on the shoulder from their Uncle.
"First sign of Trouble you lot yell and I'll come fast as I can." Which given his leg won't be as quick as one of the others but it's a damn sight better than no back up at all. "Don't worry. For now I've got the horses. You three look out for each other." Terentius nods Jim's way when he seems a bit taken aback. His nephew's husband may not be from Nirn but he's never let that slow him down when he was needed. Today will be no different.
It's enough to get Jim to twitch his lips in a grateful flicker of a smile before he turns to pay attention to the plan Stratos is laying out. Stratos has the ability to disappear when he wishes--getting close shouldn't be much of an issue for him. Felix and his familiar work in tandem and can react quicker than verbal orders given. And Jim? His best tools are a bow and his phaser. Neither is a weapon one wants to try and wield in close quarters combat. Pride and fear nearly make him insist he follow to the front as well, to not be in any less danger than the others, but everything Stratos says makes sound Tactical sense. It's a good plan.
Best as they'll get with just the three of them. He swallows.
"We wait two minutes and then follow the path after you." A beat and a deep breath. "I'll try to keep to the higher ground if possible so I can give you both some covering fire."