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[beknight]

Who: bruce wayne (beknight) & various others.
What: it's the eye of the tiger.
When: after this network post!
Where: the dojo
Warning(s): violence! more will be added if needed.

accompanying log for sparring training.

Comments

[beknight]

[ She's offering her trust. She is open about it — Bruce can smell weakness and it's not that. She's a little ahead of him on the curve. Reaching out to people. Wanting to know them, work with them. He's been at it for a few months now and he wonders if there'll be a day he wakes up and it feels natural. ]

[ For now, it must be done. ]

You're good.

[ He rolls a shoulder, and picks up the water bottle to offer her. ]

[nanamari]

[ Trust used to come easily for her. She still has the muscle memory, even if she feels out of practice. She's telling herself this is necessary. It won't lead to the same place it did before. ]

You're efficient. [ She likes that. Too many men have something to prove. Alan knows what he wants.

She takes the water from him. She's out of breath and sore, and and her hair is plastering itself to her forehead, but it feels good. ] You didn't learn all of that in a studio.

[beknight]

[ He was always efficient. Nice to have a fan. ]

No, I didn't.

[ She can ask, since they're sharing, but that's all he's saying in answer for now. ]

[nanamari]

[ She takes a swallow of water and hands the bottle back. ] I know my share of men who spend their lives fighting their demons. Have you killed any of yours?

[ Since they're sharing. ]

[beknight]

[ Since they're sharing, ]

No.

[ Wraiths have a habit of returning. One poison purged and another surfaces. Pull out criminals like weeds and more grow in their place. ]