Not so far. Stealth's a strong suit of mine, don't let my looks fool you.
[ Despite appearances, makeup done to the nines virtually always, Yuri doesn't really like attention. He's never enjoyed being the object of focus, owed almost entirely to his experiences with the nobility in his earlier years, though he hasn't really considered the connection. His career has assured that he had a need for the ability to go unnoticed to get jobs done, to avoid unnecessary complications or worse, so the skill is as much inherent in him as anything else.
His footfalls are practically soundless for this reason, even when he no longer has to make a conscious effort to achieve it anymore.
With Gavial mostly free of the net and now actively assisting, Yuri places his focus primarily on making sure none of the weighted ends snag as they're maneuvered about. Putting these sort of things together and taking them apart were equally complex in their own ways, particularly if one didn't actually want to harm their catch. For the same reason, he'd opted to make his pitfall traps quite harmless but for their depth. No nasty hazards at the bottom. ]
I understand that if someone's bought in, they'll treat this like life and death... I just wonder whether their beliefs are in the right place.
[ There's no criticism to be had there. Yuri genuinely does wonder, the more he speaks with people who have their own misgivings about all of this. Those from his world and some other version of it likewise don't believe what they're being told is the entire truth, after all. ]
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[ Despite appearances, makeup done to the nines virtually always, Yuri doesn't really like attention. He's never enjoyed being the object of focus, owed almost entirely to his experiences with the nobility in his earlier years, though he hasn't really considered the connection. His career has assured that he had a need for the ability to go unnoticed to get jobs done, to avoid unnecessary complications or worse, so the skill is as much inherent in him as anything else.
His footfalls are practically soundless for this reason, even when he no longer has to make a conscious effort to achieve it anymore.
With Gavial mostly free of the net and now actively assisting, Yuri places his focus primarily on making sure none of the weighted ends snag as they're maneuvered about. Putting these sort of things together and taking them apart were equally complex in their own ways, particularly if one didn't actually want to harm their catch. For the same reason, he'd opted to make his pitfall traps quite harmless but for their depth. No nasty hazards at the bottom. ]
I understand that if someone's bought in, they'll treat this like life and death... I just wonder whether their beliefs are in the right place.
[ There's no criticism to be had there. Yuri genuinely does wonder, the more he speaks with people who have their own misgivings about all of this. Those from his world and some other version of it likewise don't believe what they're being told is the entire truth, after all. ]