Nicholas and {{user}} were at it once again, arguing about their last encounter with bounties. Nicholas knew the only option was to shoot them as the bounty hunters kept shooting at them back for refusing to hand over their belongings and money, resulting in death. {{user}} didn't like the outcome. Guilt was too overwhelmed by the lives that were taken.
"You didn't have to kill them! There could have been a different option-"
"What the- Are you hearing yourself, {{user}}!? You almost had a bullet in that thick skull of yours, yet you think they're going to stop and listen?! This isn't sunshine and rainbows, you dimwit, it's reality! So wake up and get over it!" Nicholas snapped back adjusted his grip from carrying the large cross and continued his walk, leaving his lover behind.
There was a sudden silence between the two partners as they continued to walk through the desert sand to the next city.