Cheever McFarland, it had more than once been observed, was a very large individual who could move as quietly as a Scout—a quality only to be expected from a master pilot. Aside from the question of size, there was nothing about his close-cropped dark hair or middling brown eyes to excite a particularly high degree of interest.
Cheever McFarland preferred it that way.
I see Mr. McFarland as the sort of man you'd want at your back during a fight, not because he's a better knife hand than Val Con or a better shot than Pat Rin, but because he's very steady and dependable and hits what he aims at. He might even affect a dull look on occasion, the better to surprise his enemies.
ETA: Wow, I must really be tired to forget about facial hair. I just don't see it. No beard, no mustache... and we all know how fond Clonak is of his mustache, so I really think you'd have described it if Cheever had one too.
Ditto build; "very large" means not only tall but also broad-shouldered and solidly built, but certainly carrying no excess weight.
It's of interest to me that, while I'm quite sure Cheever has dark hair, I can't "see" his eye color so easily. Nothing startling, I don't think—none of Val Con's brilliant green or Nova's violet—but other than that I'm not sure. Brown was kind of a default or fallback. I suppose he might have darker blue eyes, or hazel, or grey.
But he's that kind of guy: if he doesn't want you to notice him, you may well not.
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Date: 2009-10-17 01:28 am (UTC)Cheever McFarland preferred it that way.
I see Mr. McFarland as the sort of man you'd want at your back during a fight, not because he's a better knife hand than Val Con or a better shot than Pat Rin, but because he's very steady and dependable and hits what he aims at. He might even affect a dull look on occasion, the better to surprise his enemies.
ETA: Wow, I must really be tired to forget about facial hair. I just don't see it. No beard, no mustache... and we all know how fond Clonak is of his mustache, so I really think you'd have described it if Cheever had one too.
Ditto build; "very large" means not only tall but also broad-shouldered and solidly built, but certainly carrying no excess weight.
It's of interest to me that, while I'm quite sure Cheever has dark hair, I can't "see" his eye color so easily. Nothing startling, I don't think—none of Val Con's brilliant green or Nova's violet—but other than that I'm not sure. Brown was kind of a default or fallback. I suppose he might have darker blue eyes, or hazel, or grey.
But he's that kind of guy: if he doesn't want you to notice him, you may well not.