Palmer's noticed the scorch marks, too, and is looking at them with some concern. He knows from experience what the creatures can do, and is badly frightened of them. His bravado's faltering a little at the idea of actually fighting them again, especially now that he knows what they are. Pirates, apparently. When Palmer thinks of pirates, he thinks of Captain Hook or Long John Silver, not creatures armed with masks and guns.
He still has a lot of questions, too. Part of him wants to trap a Fallen for interrogation on their motives, though he's not sure that would work and it would be very dangerous to attempt. He's not going to try unless he has a chance of actually succeeding. Why are they killing people? Why attack suffering Nexus-goers who don't have much worth stealing, anyway? Palmer was never a killer, but he used to be a thief - and as a former thief, there's not much sporting about stealing from already-unhappy people who don't have anything to begin with.
"The Fallen have guns, I know that much. From the look of things they can fight hand-to-hand with people or fight with guns. Either one's bad, but I'd suggest not lettin' 'em get too close either way."
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Palmer's noticed the scorch marks, too, and is looking at them with some concern. He knows from experience what the creatures can do, and is badly frightened of them. His bravado's faltering a little at the idea of actually fighting them again, especially now that he knows what they are. Pirates, apparently. When Palmer thinks of pirates, he thinks of Captain Hook or Long John Silver, not creatures armed with masks and guns.
He still has a lot of questions, too. Part of him wants to trap a Fallen for interrogation on their motives, though he's not sure that would work and it would be very dangerous to attempt. He's not going to try unless he has a chance of actually succeeding. Why are they killing people? Why attack suffering Nexus-goers who don't have much worth stealing, anyway? Palmer was never a killer, but he used to be a thief - and as a former thief, there's not much sporting about stealing from already-unhappy people who don't have anything to begin with.
"The Fallen have guns, I know that much. From the look of things they can fight hand-to-hand with people or fight with guns. Either one's bad, but I'd suggest not lettin' 'em get too close either way."