[ ethan might be something of a fighter, but it wouldn't be entirely untrue to admit that he tires easily. certainly not physically, he isn't made of the toughest muscle but he's plenty strong in his own right (not to say anything of the kind of strength that makes itself known at certain darker hours); it's the mental exhaustion that often takes a hold of him fairly quickly. ]

Sometimes it ain't worth taking shots you know won't ever hit their target.

[ gunslinger talk, sure, but he's witnessed plenty of cases where it just as easily applies. he gives a brief stretch of his legs before firmly planting his feet to the dirt, finding solid purchase to pick himself up off the ground, straightening his body before towering easily well over six feet — a stark difference to her own more petite height. ]

Didn't work the first time. Doubt that'll change doing the same thing over and over.

[ not that it explains why he's still here, still skimming along the edge through these woods. ]