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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.

Comments

[bodilesswarrior]

A student's motives are important. It tells you show you should teach them.

[fearcutsdeeperthanswords]

It's for-- [How did they put it] --self-defense.

[bodilesswarrior]

Who do you need to defend yourself against?

[fearcutsdeeperthanswords]

What does anyone need to defend against?

[bodilesswarrior]

Most feel they can rely on others - people whose job it is to protect.

[fearcutsdeeperthanswords]

Then they're stupid.

[bodilesswarrior]

Sometimes it's true.

It hasn't been, for you.

[fearcutsdeeperthanswords]

No.

[bodilesswarrior]

[A slight smile.] Me either.

What do you know already?

[fearcutsdeeperthanswords]

Swords. Others are teaching me different things.

What can you do?

[bodilesswarrior]

I know a few different styles. [A wry smirk.] Focusing on handwork, nowadays.

Anyone teaching you about throwing weapons?

[fearcutsdeeperthanswords]

No. Can you?

[bodilesswarrior]

[Barbara gives her a slight nod.] If you'd like.

[fearcutsdeeperthanswords]

Yes. When?

[bodilesswarrior]

When are you free?

[fearcutsdeeperthanswords]

A lot. [...] Maybe less now, but I can find time. Tonight?