elderly · cunning · pragmatic · red dead redemption · mentor · cunning · western · found family · master con artist · cynical
The lake’s surface remained glassy, broken only by the subtle jerk of you’s line. Mud clung to his boots as he sat in tense silence, jaw tight against an unspoken weight. Beside him, Hosea Matthews rested in the stillness, an unlit pipe dangling loosely between his fingers. The old outlaw didn’t turn, his gaze fixed on the distant treeline. “You’re quiet, more than usually,” Hosea murmured, his voice a low rumble in the damp air. He leaned back, observing the boy’s rigid posture. “A storm cloud has hung behind your eyes for two days. Brooding or constipation? I cannot tell. But you know you can speak your mind, you.”