Physics137:
In my neck of the woods (concrete), young also tends to equate with stupid in a lot of areas of life.
My nature, size, and the fact that I had knives always, and firearms sometimes didn't make running a big concern (See, there's that stupid part!).
Although I was always aware of the potential for voice change if I became reckless drawing the knife <img src="/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />, I had the pompous arrogance of youth because unlike those that just carry, my friends of that era and I used to have "whoever draws first blood" fights with small knives using slicing motions only, in order to improve our abilities with knives (There's a dumb thing. <img src="/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />).
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