[ That such a thing was enough to require demonstration surprised Emerick, really. Sure not everyone knew their way around a gun to precisely that level but was it really so uncommon? ]

If one of us ever find a pistol lying around I'd be happy to demonstrate, but I haven't seen shit since getting here. [ Which he wanted to find reassuring but he wasn't exactly physically imposing. ]

Uh, well, it wasn't for a job. [ Embarrassment slunk into Emerick. His gaze fell away from Reno. ] Something I learned to do as a teenager. I got it in my head that I needed to know my way around a gun if I was gonna make it as an adult and I might have a tendency to dig into things until there's nothing more to learn.

I'm Emerick, by the way. May as well introduce ourselves if we're gonna get to know each other.