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[fearcutsdeeperthanswords]

A girl...

[She trails off, and there's the briefest hesitation. She'd thought it was a way to stay Faceless, to keep true to everything the kindly man has taught her. But it just makes her stand out more. No one here knows Braavos, no one knows how they speak the common tongue, and no one knows her.

When she starts up again, it's as if she never stopped, all confidence.]

I want someone to teach me to fight. Without swords. I'm small, but I'm fast. And I'm strong. [She sounds a little less certain of that, but she will fake it till she makes it.]

And I want to learn to shoot a bow. Who knows how to teach it?

[There are no Lannisters here, now, but maybe one day there will be. Maybe one day she'll go back to Westeros, and though she has every intention of burying Needle in Cersei's chest, she doesn't care if she kills the others from a distance.]

[Private to Bruce Wayne]

A man - you said you'd teach me.

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[fearcutsdeeperthanswords]

So teach me.

[truth_is_cold]

How do you feel about reading as well? [Since philosophy and personal morality is important to Nietzschean combat.]

[fearcutsdeeperthanswords]

A girl knows how. [The philosophy she knows - and it isn't much - has been spoken to her, taught through action. It's how she learns best.]

[truth_is_cold]

You have to set standards for yourself. Whatever you learn whether it be with a sword or bow or hand to hand, you must be willing to implement under your own restrictions- no restrictions leads more to you being taken advantage of than it does a willingness to do anything.

If I teach you would you be willing to learn about other principals and decide what would best work for you?

[fearcutsdeeperthanswords]

I already have restrictions. And principles. [She thinks, anyway. She has what the kindly man taught her, and it sounds like that's what Rhade means.]

Fart. I got attacked by a homophone up there. My bad.

[truth_is_cold]

You should always know what else there, be on a constant search. From bushido to drengskapr, there's a considerable amount out there that should be of interest.

But if you like, I will show you both the style and the philosophies. [His babies had to learn both.]

WORDS o9

[fearcutsdeeperthanswords]

[She's tempted to tell him she has hers and that's all she needs, but. But.]

Show me.

[truth_is_cold]

After the dinner shift on Fridays. Does that sound agreeable?

[fearcutsdeeperthanswords]

Yes. Only Fridays?