[Of course that's incontestably true, the selling sex thing. But beyond the obviousness of the statement, there's something else.]
"Some kids" like you? [Didn't want to. Not necessarily didn't have to do it anyway. But he says it in this way that turns the question almost into a remark, something that isn't prying, that's almost rhetorical, like it's a thing that Ash really dosn't have to answer unless he chooses.
Anyway it's just a guess. Maybe he's wrong. Maybe Ash didn't want to and just flat out refused--murdered, robbed, went the route of violence instead, became one of the ones who charged people for protection from his own gang or worse. It's possible.
After a moment, he leans forward and picks up his second bottle of ale, letting the gesture shift the energy so that he can tease, dryly.]
Good to know. [It's not leering or lascivious, the way he says it. More like playfully disinterested.]
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"Some kids" like you? [Didn't want to. Not necessarily didn't have to do it anyway. But he says it in this way that turns the question almost into a remark, something that isn't prying, that's almost rhetorical, like it's a thing that Ash really dosn't have to answer unless he chooses.
Anyway it's just a guess. Maybe he's wrong. Maybe Ash didn't want to and just flat out refused--murdered, robbed, went the route of violence instead, became one of the ones who charged people for protection from his own gang or worse. It's possible.
After a moment, he leans forward and picks up his second bottle of ale, letting the gesture shift the energy so that he can tease, dryly.]
Good to know. [It's not leering or lascivious, the way he says it. More like playfully disinterested.]