[ So many things just happened. Small child from the end of the world, check; small child bragging about kills, check. It pulls Clint up short, the former more than the latter, and any trace of skepticism's gone in favor of an attempt at somber neutrality.
Attempt, because he fails to hide fact that he looks a little bit like she just kicked him. But only a little. Clint's stunned into silence while she heads over to retrieve her arrow, then he snaps out of it. ]
Because you had to, right?
[ He doesn't sound like he's really asking. He sounds more like it's rhetorical; like he knows that's the answer, he's just offering some understanding. ]
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Attempt, because he fails to hide fact that he looks a little bit like she just kicked him. But only a little. Clint's stunned into silence while she heads over to retrieve her arrow, then he snaps out of it. ]
Because you had to, right?
[ He doesn't sound like he's really asking. He sounds more like it's rhetorical; like he knows that's the answer, he's just offering some understanding. ]