[ david, the very paragon of maturity and grace that he is, clearly has a joke spring to mind at the words 'big thing' judging by the brief glint in his eye and amused pull to his lips, but evan keeps talking and saves everyone from his dumb jokes. ]

[ he lets out an amused snort at the question, at the idea that getting roughed up was enough to make him consider it, and shakes his head. ]

Stubbornness more than anything, I think.

[ trying to discern the motivations of drunk david is both easy and like trying to pick out details through frosted glass, which is probably fitting because that's what his early memories of that are like too. ]

Felt like I were bein' challenged so of course I came out. And then it was put up or fuck off, and I weren't gonna fuck off, so...

[ and even drunk at the time, he could fight most people but he knew he'd just get obliterated by trapper. ]