[ The aprons weren't large enough to cover his body or his sleeves, and blood was a difficult stain to get out. He knew this from experience.
Still, Nash has been an uncomplaining worker ever since he got to the butcher shop. He keeps his snide comments to the occasional clipped one-liner sotto voce, and proves to be adept with knifework. Mostly, he's just content to listen, and work out the bigger picture.
This time, though, when the butcher leaves his post after closing to meet the haggard man that's always waiting outside his back door, Nash turns to Natasha. ]
This can't keep going forever. [ You can tread water for a while, but eventually you're either rescued or drowned. ] If we just let it ride out, we'll lose the asset. [ The butcher will be destroyed, and that'll be the end of it.
His skinning knife is still on the table nearby, within arm's reach. ]
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Still, Nash has been an uncomplaining worker ever since he got to the butcher shop. He keeps his snide comments to the occasional clipped one-liner sotto voce, and proves to be adept with knifework. Mostly, he's just content to listen, and work out the bigger picture.
This time, though, when the butcher leaves his post after closing to meet the haggard man that's always waiting outside his back door, Nash turns to Natasha. ]
This can't keep going forever. [ You can tread water for a while, but eventually you're either rescued or drowned. ] If we just let it ride out, we'll lose the asset. [ The butcher will be destroyed, and that'll be the end of it.
His skinning knife is still on the table nearby, within arm's reach. ]