STAND BY ME ONEGAIIII (toi catchall)

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[sadiskick]

[ She sweeps him off his feet with a knife leg. ]

[soba]

[ skfjfjkslgjsd

he's falling over and landing on his back

at least it's not his front, which is where the injury is ]

[sadiskick]

[ She gasps and stumbles a little, not used to feeling pain for something so minor, but she doesn't regret it.

He said, feel free. ]

You need to build up pain tolerance.

[ Or maybe it'd better for her to feel pain normally. ]

[soba]

It's pretty good for a normal teenager.

[ ""normal"" he says as if he isn't a kappa ]

[sadiskick]

You got turned into a kappa.

[ Meltryllis doesn't know normal, but she knows that's not normal for most people. ]

[soba]

... I mean, not counting that part.

[sadiskick]

Is drug dealing normal?

[soba]

No...

[sadiskick]

[ Meltryllis honestly wasn't sure if it was or not where he was from. Or in general.

But that proved her point. ]

So?

[soba]

I don't usually get into situations where I need to build that up, still.

[sadiskick]

I can tell.

[ What she means is she hopes he won't have to, but she's not from a situation that she thinks it's likely. ]

Learn to block. Or cheat your way through it.

[soba]

How do you cheat your way through it?

[sadiskick]

[ ... ]

Hit me.

[soba]

[ he raises an eyebrow ]

Really?

[sadiskick]

If you're too scared.

[ She holds out her sleeve-covered hand. ]

Squeeze my hand as hard as you can. Over the sleeve.

[soba]

I'm not scared.

[ but fine, he'll grab her hand and squeeze

... he's still like, a 14 year old boy? like, his grip is stronger than expected and that's only because he has definitely gotten into a lot of fights, but it's nothing that would be super impressive. ]

[sadiskick]

Do I need to teach you how to defend yourself?

[ It's okay. She can't feel anything in her hands, so he will also feel that.

Or not feel how hard he's squeezing as it were. ]

[soba]

... normally it's not an issue back home.

[sadiskick]

You aren't normally a kappa.

[ Just pointing out that he can't say anything about normally anymore. ]

[soba]

[ ... ]

Fine.

[sadiskick]

What is that a fine to?

[ She's not going to guess for his sake. ]

[soba]

I'll figure out defense.

[sadiskick]

If you die before we escape, I'll have to reevaluate what kind of person you are.

[soba]

I don't plan on dying here.

[sadiskick]

I doubt anyone does, but that doesn't stop monsters from attacking.

[ Her fingers curl, and her lips press into a firm line. ]

That doesn't stop anyone from turning into a monster.