07-05-2010, 11:21 PM
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It was a pretty odd concept, once he thought about it—manners. Snake had not been taught that way to respond to strangers until later in life, when he had been traveling with his folks; it had been a shorter time, but it had made enough sense then. He had never linked it to submission, however; with that shade, it seemed less like a good idea. Rank had not been particularly important in Snake's birthplace—there were those who kept order and everyone else. But Snake knew that he had somehow garnered a respectable position in Inferni, so maybe he should start acting like it.
Though his impassive expression didn't betray him, he felt a twinge of disapproval at the term "groveling" when it came to the habit, but he could see how it would appear as such—especially linked to rank and submission, as Hybrid seemed to see it as. Snake had always assumed it as part of an introduction (which almost always occurred in any conversation), though he thought that perhaps the other Hydra connected giving names with rank as well. Huh. Regardless, the other man's advice was not lost on Snake; he took the words of the elder warrior to heart. Certainly in the views of a proper Hydra, the advice was golden—the leaders were all that mattered for the duty-bound fighters.
"Okay," he responded, an admission that was less about what conversation demanded and more genuine. Snake thought that he should weigh the advice because Hybrid had been doing this whole Hydra thing for longer than he had—and it would certainly be easier not caring about keeping strangers' fragile feelings intact. "How long have you been a Hydra for Inferni?" he asked, curious.
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It was a pretty odd concept, once he thought about it—manners. Snake had not been taught that way to respond to strangers until later in life, when he had been traveling with his folks; it had been a shorter time, but it had made enough sense then. He had never linked it to submission, however; with that shade, it seemed less like a good idea. Rank had not been particularly important in Snake's birthplace—there were those who kept order and everyone else. But Snake knew that he had somehow garnered a respectable position in Inferni, so maybe he should start acting like it.
Though his impassive expression didn't betray him, he felt a twinge of disapproval at the term "groveling" when it came to the habit, but he could see how it would appear as such—especially linked to rank and submission, as Hybrid seemed to see it as. Snake had always assumed it as part of an introduction (which almost always occurred in any conversation), though he thought that perhaps the other Hydra connected giving names with rank as well. Huh. Regardless, the other man's advice was not lost on Snake; he took the words of the elder warrior to heart. Certainly in the views of a proper Hydra, the advice was golden—the leaders were all that mattered for the duty-bound fighters.
"Okay," he responded, an admission that was less about what conversation demanded and more genuine. Snake thought that he should weigh the advice because Hybrid had been doing this whole Hydra thing for longer than he had—and it would certainly be easier not caring about keeping strangers' fragile feelings intact. "How long have you been a Hydra for Inferni?" he asked, curious.