[In all honesty, Liem would also prefer not to fight—right now, or ever. He would prefer to live in a world where no one ever needed to fight for anything, and where it was never necessary to do violence to anyone in order to live a peaceful and prosperous life.
But that isn't the world they live in. That better world is the one that Liem is fighting to create, and this world is the one that Hiccup is fighting to preserve. The two cannot coexist. So when Hiccup speaks from behind the shelter of his shield, Liem just frowns slightly, as if in disappointment.]
Someone always has to be hurt, somewhere.
[He moves almost as soon as he's spoken; he's not here to spend time proselytizing. Liem's crossbow comes up, hefted to his shoulder and aimed straight at Hiccup as he takes a rapid step to the side. He'll only be able to use this trick once before the younger man knows what to expect, so he needs to make it count. As Liem moves, his feet leaving one patch of shingled roof—
He disappears. His next step lands not beside him, but on the roof a few paces behind the other man; and in the same moment he emerges from his dimensional jaunt, he shoots his weapon straight at his back.]
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But that isn't the world they live in. That better world is the one that Liem is fighting to create, and this world is the one that Hiccup is fighting to preserve. The two cannot coexist. So when Hiccup speaks from behind the shelter of his shield, Liem just frowns slightly, as if in disappointment.]
Someone always has to be hurt, somewhere.
[He moves almost as soon as he's spoken; he's not here to spend time proselytizing. Liem's crossbow comes up, hefted to his shoulder and aimed straight at Hiccup as he takes a rapid step to the side. He'll only be able to use this trick once before the younger man knows what to expect, so he needs to make it count. As Liem moves, his feet leaving one patch of shingled roof—
He disappears. His next step lands not beside him, but on the roof a few paces behind the other man; and in the same moment he emerges from his dimensional jaunt, he shoots his weapon straight at his back.]