Of all things Billy expected Hickey to say, this wasn't one of them.
And no, it's not even the soul sucking comment that gets him. After everything he's seen in this place, he's completely willing to believe that creature was capable of something like that. The disbelief does not lie with the creature, it lies with the man. His eyebrows rise, clearly looking surprised.
"That got him?"
.. though the surprise comes with an instant edge of scepticism. Towards Tozer, that is. Never pass up a single opportunity to be judgemental of someone else, okay. Especially not when none of it makes any sense.
"That creature had been tearing people to pieces for ages." And yet Tozer had seemed relatively casual in the face of that. Joking about shoving people and all. "And that is where he draws the line?"
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And no, it's not even the soul sucking comment that gets him. After everything he's seen in this place, he's completely willing to believe that creature was capable of something like that. The disbelief does not lie with the creature, it lies with the man. His eyebrows rise, clearly looking surprised.
"That got him?"
.. though the surprise comes with an instant edge of scepticism. Towards Tozer, that is. Never pass up a single opportunity to be judgemental of someone else, okay. Especially not when none of it makes any sense.
"That creature had been tearing people to pieces for ages." And yet Tozer had seemed relatively casual in the face of that. Joking about shoving people and all. "And that is where he draws the line?"