"You're right," he granted easily with a little bob of his head. "It doesn't. But I'm only as effective as the power that stands behind me. Place and situation like this?" He shook his head a little. No, he wasn't into philosophical arguments about how much was left of him when he finally got his badge taken away - he was sure it was coming.
"Too many people libel to challenge the authority and that's not a good energy for a small town. Does me no favors either. There's no institution to enforce it. Gotta be done a little less.. heavy handed. I grew up in a small town. Coal mining town called Harlan. They didn't believe in Government, insofar as they could get away with it.. Had a Marshal come into there, he would have found quite a cold and inhospitable greetin'."
The even softness of the tale was almost entrancing with the way Raylan spoke about it - no trauma, no mention of the death or the hell that hid in the dark there.
"Whaddya mean 'bard'? That D&D shit? Generally Tim's area.." God he wished Tim was here, his fellow Marshal would be all over this.
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"You're right," he granted easily with a little bob of his head. "It doesn't. But I'm only as effective as the power that stands behind me. Place and situation like this?" He shook his head a little. No, he wasn't into philosophical arguments about how much was left of him when he finally got his badge taken away - he was sure it was coming.
"Too many people libel to challenge the authority and that's not a good energy for a small town. Does me no favors either. There's no institution to enforce it. Gotta be done a little less.. heavy handed. I grew up in a small town. Coal mining town called Harlan. They didn't believe in Government, insofar as they could get away with it.. Had a Marshal come into there, he would have found quite a cold and inhospitable greetin'."
The even softness of the tale was almost entrancing with the way Raylan spoke about it - no trauma, no mention of the death or the hell that hid in the dark there.
"Whaddya mean 'bard'? That D&D shit? Generally Tim's area.." God he wished Tim was here, his fellow Marshal would be all over this.