One Step at a Time (2)

After turning his head to look at Alister, Shane opened his mouth to speak.

Shane was in the middle of his sentence when Alister cut him off, "But my paternal grandfather said. If the child is born to be a hunter, even if he chews nails, he will not become a knight." 

Alister distanced himself while continuing to say, "So my grandfather trained me in the ways of the family. Adapting them, of course, to my abilities."

Swallowing saliva. Before turning his head to look at the ocean, Shane took a quick glance down at the rifle he was holding in his hands.

While Alister said, "Only you can know how hard you train, brat." 

The statement was made by Alister, who was gazing upward at the sky at the same time as he inhaled smoke from his cigar through his nose, "By the nature of the growth of a hunter, I cannot judge if you are giving it your all or the minimum."