puro: (But I'll ride home laughing)
Manolo Sánchez ([personal profile] puro) wrote in [community profile] driftfleet 2015-04-22 11:12 pm (UTC)

No, it's...fine.

[He puts the guitar down. He wants to make as big as divide between each life he can. ]

A matador has to fight bulls. We go into this big ring, and people watch us taunt it with a red cape. You have to be fast and agile. You have to let the bull get close enough when he charges to make it a risk to your life, without actually getting hit.

[He talks, but there's no animation to it. He's monotonous. As one would describe the intricacies of a menial, horrible job. Something they had to do, but had no love for. He recites it like a child being asked to recite an essay. Which it might as well be. These are the lessons his father has drilled into him since he can remember. ]

At the end, when the bull's exhausted, we're expected to kill the bull with a sword called an estoque. One quick stab. Right through the heart.

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