That...would actually be better. Not that I could say so in front of my great-great and my great-grandmothers. Ours is a long-lived race. Old and petrified. Like a tree.
[she knows there's nothing she can do about the course of her family's past. she also realizes there's probably nothing she can do about its future, despite being the lone girl left. inertia like a snowball going downhill has its way]
...you do realize this is a challenge, right? For me to strategize my way through things to beat you. [she says with a gently teasing lilt to her voice]
[that amusement makes her grin and she hopes he can hear it through the audio]
Ah, but I too can command fire, ice, and lightning. I'm a Coldblood. I've been holding myself back out of consideration for an unfair advantage, but well! It seems I won't have to after all.
You're very skilled. Were it between you and anyone else here, I'd bet on you.
Mm. The blood magic. [ Sasuke hasn't figured out what the hell his does yet, so he's mostly found it useless, but he has heard about coldbloods and their elemental powers. ] Are you any good at mastering it yet?
One and the same. It's keeping me from my birthright--at least I can't use it without a lot of pain and a nosebleed--but it's got its bright side. Like being three Legionnaires in one. And I'm getting there. Fire and lightning are easy. Ice takes a little more...I hate to use the word chill because it sounds like a stupid joke and it's not. But a little more chill.
Of course I have that! Number one, you're damned good. Number two, you're my first friend here. So of course I'm going to have your back.
[ Friends. No matter how many times he hears it, it's still strange for him to have anyone consider him a friend outside of Team 7. He's quiet for a second because of it, before he clears his throat. ]
Ninjutsu might help you control your ice better. If you'd like to learn.
[it's strange to her, too. she'd been one of two dozen of the Legion, but Luornu had been her only true friend. and Lu had been keeping her distance ever since Tinya did what she felt she had to do to come back to life. and Jo still...she couldn't be certain he wasn't still tied to Saturn Girl.
and, sounding genuinely touched]...I would love to learn. Thank you.
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[she knows there's nothing she can do about the course of her family's past. she also realizes there's probably nothing she can do about its future, despite being the lone girl left. inertia like a snowball going downhill has its way]
...you do realize this is a challenge, right? For me to strategize my way through things to beat you. [she says with a gently teasing lilt to her voice]
But. You can hold them off?
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To do that, you'd have to see me actually fight like I do in battle, not just in training.
I haven't lost yet.
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Ah, but I too can command fire, ice, and lightning. I'm a Coldblood. I've been holding myself back out of consideration for an unfair advantage, but well! It seems I won't have to after all.
You're very skilled. Were it between you and anyone else here, I'd bet on you.
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Hn. I appreciate the confidence in me.
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Of course I have that! Number one, you're damned good. Number two, you're my first friend here. So of course I'm going to have your back.
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Ninjutsu might help you control your ice better. If you'd like to learn.
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and, sounding genuinely touched]...I would love to learn. Thank you.
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