Magic, of course. Wonderland is full of it. Mages. All right, perhaps he should have guessed the term, it hardly sounds far-fetched. He smiles sheepishly at the lapse, except--
"And my job is to...?"
Except that seems a rather important sentence to finish, because there was a reason he never even thought of the connection in quite that way. Trained to hunt them, what sort of person would want to hunt other people? No, worse, what sort of person would be good at it?
"--You know what? Forget that I asked. You're wrong. You're- obviously wrong, and I don't need you telling me stories about- whoever you think that I am. And you can try what you like, as long as you do it far away from me."
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"And my job is to...?"
Except that seems a rather important sentence to finish, because there was a reason he never even thought of the connection in quite that way. Trained to hunt them, what sort of person would want to hunt other people? No, worse, what sort of person would be good at it?
"--You know what? Forget that I asked. You're wrong. You're- obviously wrong, and I don't need you telling me stories about- whoever you think that I am. And you can try what you like, as long as you do it far away from me."