[Gepard keeps excellent control over himself, but hasn't he always? Even at his most obnoxious, Sampo had only ever managed to break little cracks in his ironclad willpower. So it's hardly surprising that he's keeping his cool now, when Sampo's barely said anything to rile him up.]

An accident?

[A reference to his daughter? To the death of the woman who bore her? It's impossible to be sure; Sampo had gone through newspaper archives to try to find a birth announcement or obituary that might clarify things about Gepard's maybe-wife, but he'd come up empty-handed. A few possibilities, but he couldn't be certain without knowing how old the kid is to narrow down his search window. But the reason that he quit the guard is definitely tied to his daughter-- either suddenly having her thrust into his life, or having her in his life without a wife to take care of all the child-rearing things.]

[Sampo sighs, and flops one hand back and forth dismissively.]

I don't think this is a joking matter, Gepard. Another guardsman? It wouldn't be half as fun to be chased around by any of them. Why even bother?

[He'd just be disappointed, and Sampo really isn't in the habit of disappointing himself. What was he supposed to do, let Captain Dunn has him around? The very thought's absurd.]

Besides, I only just got back, and the statute of limitations is up on all my old warrants. Nobody has a legal reason to chase me around.

[Y'know, because no one knows about the whole stalking thing yet, and hopefully never would.]