carter bennett ( human ) . (solepurpose) wrote in light_of_may, |
As a general rule Carter didn't mock anyone. Even at a young age he had never done anything like that outside of good-natured jabs between siblings and cousins. His parents had raised him to believe that there was already enough cruelty in the world without any senseless and needless additions to that negativity, the vampires and demons were doing a good job as it was and they didn't need to be helping them even with something as small and seemingly harmless as mockery or derision. Even in a fight Carter refrained, he'd gone up against plenty of demons and vampires -- and other types of supernatural on the odd occasion when they caught his eye -- who fell back on snide remarks in an attempt to distract or frustrate him. Growing up with as many siblings as he'd had he was more than used to such attempts and they had very little affect on him nowadays, much to the chagrin of whichever creature was trying to get a rise out of him.
Before he could respond to the woman's remark about enjoying the little things she was getting up from her place at the counter to sit across from him. There was no need for him to be impolite so he allowed her to do so and when she offered her hand across to him he reciprocated and took it with his own. "Carter," he responded, not caring in the least that she had invited herself to join him because there was no harm in it. The smile he offered her would communicate as much, he hoped.
It was with a quiet chuckle that he responded to her question after a small shake of his head and a moment of consideration. "As corny as it sounds," he began, glancing down at the plate and then back up at her, "survival, I suppose." That probably sounded a little ridiculous to anyone who didn't hunt for a living and go out night after night knowing full well they might not make it back to their residence alive, or in one piece, but if nothing else it might make her laugh. "As you said, it's the little things." It wasn't as if he could explain it further, after all, so keeping the conversation light was probably the best way to go.