[ Fighting does do something—cause pain and force him to re-live what they both just went through, namely. But Jugram doesn't say that, because he's sure Bazz can't conceptualize—doesn't want to conceptualize—that it was hard for him, too, that maybe there was a reason he spent a millenium avoiding this very outcome. It's still a wound that hasn't fully healed, has barely even had any time to heal before he, too, met his end, albeit at the hands of the enemy and not a former friend. ]
Of course not. But it'll be a waste of your time trying to cut me down, just as it always has been.
[ For more reasons than one. It had been upsettingly easy to take him down, once it became clear that he wasn't going to be deterred by his numerous attempts to evade escalation. It'll only be the same if Bazz makes him do this again. ]
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Of course not. But it'll be a waste of your time trying to cut me down, just as it always has been.
[ For more reasons than one. It had been upsettingly easy to take him down, once it became clear that he wasn't going to be deterred by his numerous attempts to evade escalation. It'll only be the same if Bazz makes him do this again. ]