[ There's not much to read off of that – which is telling, considering Vasquez, like him, tended to wear his emotions on his sleeve, was as free with his jokes as he was with his barbs.
Faraday may still be bristling, but he has the sudden realization that he may have fucked up.
He believes him, is the thing. And maybe that's naive, to simply take Vasquez at his word, especially considering what Faraday witnessed today, but Vasquez doesn't have much reason to lie to him, he thinks.
Faraday's hands still on the buckles for a few breaths before he continues his work, pulling the bridle off of Jack's head and replacing it with the halter from his saddlebag. He hitches him to a nearby tree before working at loosening the saddle. He's quite for a long while as he moves around Jack.
Then, ]
Guessing it didn't work all that well when you did it to the wolf.
[ If it had, Faraday doubts the two of them would keep waking up mauled all to hell. ]
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Faraday may still be bristling, but he has the sudden realization that he may have fucked up.
He believes him, is the thing. And maybe that's naive, to simply take Vasquez at his word, especially considering what Faraday witnessed today, but Vasquez doesn't have much reason to lie to him, he thinks.
Faraday's hands still on the buckles for a few breaths before he continues his work, pulling the bridle off of Jack's head and replacing it with the halter from his saddlebag. He hitches him to a nearby tree before working at loosening the saddle. He's quite for a long while as he moves around Jack.
Then, ]
Guessing it didn't work all that well when you did it to the wolf.
[ If it had, Faraday doubts the two of them would keep waking up mauled all to hell. ]