Email to Alison

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To: [speedy the firefly]
From: [lumbering bear]
Subject: last night



I actually slept. Thank you. And you were very good not to laugh at my repeated impression of a weeble-wobble.

We ought to do that more often - once I stop lurching around, I mean. I think it'd be good for both of us. Mutually instructive and all.



Nathan

Comments

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From: [firefly]
To: [Moira's Sleepy Bear]
Subject: re: last night

Heh. Good thing you can't see my face now. ;)

I'm all for it. And thank you right back - a new sparring partner is a good thing. Plus, I've already got a new move to try and Scott, soon as I get it down right.

You were maybe slow, but that'll change and even so I could see that you know a lot.

~ Alison

Subject: so we'll make it a habit, then...

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I really like that idea. I've promised a couple of the kids that I'd work with them, but I'm a little concerned about some of the prevailing attitudes on the subject. It would be nice to work on a regular basis with you. You know what you're doing and you're taking the right approach to it.

And 'maybe' slow? :) Lumbering was exactly the right word. No one my size is ever going to be really fast, but I've definitely lost a step over the last few months.

Nathan

Subject: re: so we'll make it a habit, then...

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It's... well. A difference in philosophy I guess. I don't want to fight. I don't want to do any of this. I don't particularly like fighting. But if I have to, might as well do it well and with a minimum of damage (er, well, to myself as much as possible but yeah, others too). Which is saying something with what my power could conceivably do. Also - team practice is good and all, but there's no saying I can't get seperated from the team... and I'm getting used to sparring with my team mates. And getting into habits there is a bad bad thing, I'm thinking. And if I have no powers for whatever reasons, I better be able to get myself out of trouble on my own. Eh. I'm rambling.

I really didn't want to use the word "shambling" see... ;) And I've got somewhat small and fast on my side, so better use it. You on the other hand, can do a lot more damage with one hit than I could, less I really got everything right on the first go.

But I can do the bouncing thing for sure. Heh! ;)

Alison

Subject: philosophical issues

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It bothers me sometimes that it feels so right to me, when I fight. I'm not sure whether it's because I've been doing it for so long, or some side effect of the conditioning... maybe I've just been sufficiently desensitized over the last twenty years, I don't know. Was trying to express this to Jack on Saturday and failing just as miserably.

But your reasoning sounds right to me... right in the good way. So, yeah, this is me saying again that I'd be happy to spar with you. If you want, once we're a little more comfortable with each other (and I'm a little more nimble), we can throw powers into the mix too. That was the sort of training I specialized in back while I was still with my former employers.

And 'shambling' isn't so bad. ;)

Nate

Re: Subject: philosophical issues

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~You know. You said "right when I fight" and not "right when I kill"... there is a world of difference there, brother. Enjoying one's art should never be a bad thing.~

And that felt a lot better written in Askani for a reason. Go fig. But yeah - I think your choice of words says a lot. I love singing, it's what I do best and I always look for ways to improve... Why would you not love what you've spent years and years perfecting into an art as well?

We're set for sparring. ;) In fact, I added you to the regular schedule in the practice room and all. Three times a week, light spars until your condition improves? Short sessions only to not wear you into the ground (old man) and then we can make them longer as your stamina returns to what it ought to be.

I think powers, much later on, would be good. Scott's done one thing that can't be changed - any ways to improve I can't help but want to look at. A lot. So yeah, new form of help? All good. And then some.

Well, it's better than 'staggering'. ;)

Alison

ps. Miles has discovered he can make food. If cookies show up in random places, feel free to have one. XD