My distaste aside, [ he grumbles, ] it is a sensible request. You might consider some way of manufacturing bullets as well.
I can help you set up the mechanism if you take on the actual work. I'd still-- well. [ Harold hesitates before phrasing it vaguely, ] I'd rather not.
[ Harold's put considerable thought into this prior to this conversation, and he thinks this will serve several ends. Practically, they need some way to replenish John's ammunition supply, and it would be better if they weren't dependent on anyone else. Mr. Thistlespring had been rather less helpful than advertised in that department. (Not that it was his fault; Mr. Thistlespring was also a teenager with an unduly horrific educational history.)
They're left needing a renewable way to keep John in weaponry, unfortunate as that is, and John himself needs something to do. It's physical and gun related, ergo, Harold is confident he could help set things up and then get him going.
He just doesn't want to-- participate directly in making bullets himself if he doesn't have to. He's aware that's absurd and a luxury he has only because John is there to indulge his distance from violence, but he still, as he'd said, would prefer not to. ]
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I can help you set up the mechanism if you take on the actual work. I'd still-- well. [ Harold hesitates before phrasing it vaguely, ] I'd rather not.
[ Harold's put considerable thought into this prior to this conversation, and he thinks this will serve several ends. Practically, they need some way to replenish John's ammunition supply, and it would be better if they weren't dependent on anyone else. Mr. Thistlespring had been rather less helpful than advertised in that department. (Not that it was his fault; Mr. Thistlespring was also a teenager with an unduly horrific educational history.)
They're left needing a renewable way to keep John in weaponry, unfortunate as that is, and John himself needs something to do. It's physical and gun related, ergo, Harold is confident he could help set things up and then get him going.
He just doesn't want to-- participate directly in making bullets himself if he doesn't have to. He's aware that's absurd and a luxury he has only because John is there to indulge his distance from violence, but he still, as he'd said, would prefer not to. ]