01-15-2021, 02:55 AM
(01-15-2021, 02:24 AM)Korstyn Steele Wrote:(01-14-2021, 10:58 PM)Jendu Verbenti Wrote: "Is your eyesight going already," Jendu replies with a sly smile. "I haven't been a 'kid' for at least a couple of days now. But don't fret, I'm sure even with your visual acuity failing you, under all that armor, you still look lovely for your age. And am I your buyer? What exactly are you selling?"
No, that was the insult. Looking tough is one thing. Deliberately provoking a heavily armed warrior with a chip on her shoulder that he *knows* she has had for quite some time is quite another, and not the smartest thing for him to do.
He wasn't deliberately provoking her. He wasn't even trying to look tough. He was using humor to defect her 'kid' comment. If he were trying to look tough, he would returned her stare down. Instead, I specifically stated that he was remaining calm because of his experience in the prisons and because he needed to show he wasn't easily intimidated. Humor is a good way to defuse the situation. He didn't know she would be so touchy about her age. If she could call him 'kid' then why can't he joke about her age especially since they are assumed to have been through a lot together? Also, if situations were reversed and it was Korstyn negotiating with other Mando's, he wouldn't dream of making a disrespectful comment about her in front of them. It wouldn't matter how close of friends they were with each other.
