[Oh, he's definitely noticed. He went from able to throw a punch to able to beat the hell out of a monster. It's an upgrade, to say the least. He settles into a stance that someone who'd been in combat with a shield for twenty years would take, effortless, familiar, even elegant. It's a far cry from his usual slouch and amble.]
I think it's trying to get me to keep up with the rest of you. ["It" being either the shield or the powers that be, which, if they exist, Dixon finds quite optimistic. If they really wanted him to keep up they'd have just scrapped that idea and gotten someone else entirely.]
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[Oh, he's definitely noticed. He went from able to throw a punch to able to beat the hell out of a monster. It's an upgrade, to say the least. He settles into a stance that someone who'd been in combat with a shield for twenty years would take, effortless, familiar, even elegant. It's a far cry from his usual slouch and amble.]
I think it's trying to get me to keep up with the rest of you. ["It" being either the shield or the powers that be, which, if they exist, Dixon finds quite optimistic. If they really wanted him to keep up they'd have just scrapped that idea and gotten someone else entirely.]