Not at all averse to being tugged, Signless lets him settle half against the wall and half against Roland's side.
"Not messy, not the way that she used it -- or at the very least, she never got much of the mess on herself. But of course she fought. I've told you that my world was a dangerous one. To escape the threat of beasts and other trolls we sometimes traveled during the day, which is when the corpses of dead trolls rise from the sand and hunt. I don't think they actually need to eat, but they're trolls and trolls often die fighting. Maybe that sticks with them even in death."
All of this is delivered with the tone of someone explaining how to brew a cup of tea or change a lightbulb. This is partially because for him this is all simple facts of life, nothing to be fussed over, and partially because he has a feeling it won't bother Roland too much either.
"I never fought them myself -- I was never handy enough with a knife or a sickle for it. But I know how to dispose of the bodies so that they don't wake up again. She taught me that, and she taught me how to hunt and how to survive in defiance of everyone's expectations. The sewing lessons never took very well, though."
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"Not messy, not the way that she used it -- or at the very least, she never got much of the mess on herself. But of course she fought. I've told you that my world was a dangerous one. To escape the threat of beasts and other trolls we sometimes traveled during the day, which is when the corpses of dead trolls rise from the sand and hunt. I don't think they actually need to eat, but they're trolls and trolls often die fighting. Maybe that sticks with them even in death."
All of this is delivered with the tone of someone explaining how to brew a cup of tea or change a lightbulb. This is partially because for him this is all simple facts of life, nothing to be fussed over, and partially because he has a feeling it won't bother Roland too much either.
"I never fought them myself -- I was never handy enough with a knife or a sickle for it. But I know how to dispose of the bodies so that they don't wake up again. She taught me that, and she taught me how to hunt and how to survive in defiance of everyone's expectations. The sewing lessons never took very well, though."