Is the hunter really suggesting what she thinks he is?

"You cannot be serious."

Jessica, still slightly nauseous from looking down, stared in disbelief at the hunter, who simply smiled and grinned back.

"Every drip of truth takes its toll lass. Often, we are required to prove ourselves to even begin to learn. You want to learn of the blood, and the city, and the beasts, and more? Prove that you're worthy of my help by taking out those three men down there. Then, we can advance to the clinic."

Jessica stood there, mouth ajar at the suggestion. She could not believe the hunter was serious.

"We're on top of the world's longest ladder! I'm, I'm- I can't fight! I do not know the first thing when it comes to slaying, or killing, or fighting, or-"

The hunter laughed loudly; a little too loudly for her tastes. She looked nervously around them, back into the alleyways, yet saw nothing but shadows. He kept his hand firmly around her arm.

"Kill them? Fight them? Certainly, you can try in your state. But a hunter can be trained to hunt, girl. A hunter can be trained how to fight. If I show you a trick, if I pull back the veils of your world, I have to know you have the mental fortitude to take it. All the curiosity in the world matters not if you are unable to handle your problems and overcome obstacles. Those who cannot turn mad with knowledge.

"Kill them if you can; they are slowly becoming beasts, and will not be men for much longer for sure. But there are also so many other ways a clever hunter can hunt. You choose how to make them a threat no more."

Jessica could not believe what she had just heard.

"A hunter...do you mean...I could train- er, you would show me-"

"How to hunt? Yes. If we can make it to the clinic, we'll begin the process. But now you need to prove that you can handle it, and deserve it."

The hunter finally let go of your arm and blood rushed back into your finger tips. A tingling sensation ran throughout your hand. You did not realize that he had been holding you so uncomfortably.

"Remove them as a threat, however you want."