Gym, early early early morning until 7ish

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The first thing Cameron does when he gets into the gym is jump on a tread mill and crank up the pace until his muscles are aching. Then does some press ups, concentrating on his Quadriceps. When he's finished there, he goes back to the good old punching bags. He doesn't seem to be interested in punching it, though, and ends up trying all sorts of kicks on it. After a while, he's actually not as unstable on his feet anymore and every kick becomes more solid.

((Mostly for Aeryn. I get the feeling he won't be up to a lot of sparring after she's done with him. A chat's welcome though. Or you know if you just want to use the gym for your own purposes...))

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Aeryn has been in better moods, if for no other reason than she hates her damn fluffy bed and this is three nights on it. When she gets to the gym, she starts for the punching bag, but stops to watch Cameron for a minute.

"Hey."

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It takes a moment for Cameron to register the greeting and he's a few kicks further when he stops and turns to reply. "Yo." It feels like ages ago that he last spoke to her, but it's definitely not that long and he hasn't forgotten what was said.

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Aeryn knows enough to know something's wrong, but she isn't sure whether or not she should ask about it. She tries to be neutral. "You may not have killed the bag, but you probably cracked a few ribs."

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"It's a start," he tilts his head. "I think you promised me a beating up."

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She holds up her gloved hands in response. It's not that she was ever planning on beating him up, exactly, but a lesson would not go amiss. But he doesn't need to know that.

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He nods in reply, and doesn't seem to need much more of an encouragement as he moves into position. Unlike his normal easy first attack, he seems to throw himself right into it and kicks out at her hip with his left leg.

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That was a bit unexpected. Aeryn takes the hit first off, though she brings her knuckles into his calf as payback.

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He grimaces as he brings his foot back down and favours his other leg as he moves forward for a jab at her shoulder.

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Aeryn blocks, going for his ribs with her right fist.

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He takes the hit, wincing as it connects, but he uses the opening it creates to go under her defenses and go for a similar blow.

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He clips her, but Aeryn's reacting a little quicker than normal. Her left hand comes down for a chop onto his forearm.

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Cameron bites down a curse and pulls back, for a moment shaking off the sting. Block. Don't charge blindly, he reminds himself. He brings up his hands and kicks at her calf.

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Not at an angle to block without falling over, Aeryn knows she's going to get hit. She just makes sure she's swinging wide with her left into his ribs again while she's taking said hit.

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He hadn't excepted that. His kick was already understeady and as she's got hold of his leg, he stumbles and goes right down on the ground. He's grateful Pip taught him how to fall as it breaks some of it, even if he feels stupid as Aeryn still has a hold on his leg. He tries to pull lose.

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She's not letting go. "Are you done yet?"

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Cameron glares at her, huffs and hits his head back on the ground as he finally does stop struggling.

"Yes." He relents and tries to catch his breath. Oh god, he's going to be sore.

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Aeryn drops his leg, taking a seat on the mat. "What was that?"

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"Out of line," he replied and decides not moving is a good idea. He slings and arm over his eyes and wonders if that's a headache coming on. "Sorry."

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"Not a problem," she tells him, but her side is arguing with her at the moment.

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"No," he peers out from under his arm at her. "It kinda is. I shouldn't have done that."

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"Did you learn a lesson?"

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"When you get pissed off at the world, don't try to take it out on the girl that can kill you?" Cameron tries, he's not entirely sure that's what she meant.

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"That should have been obvious," she nods.

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He grimaces and rests his arm on his chest. Sore post right to the left. "What can I say? I'm a slow learner."

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She's tempted to hit him again, just for being stupid. "What happened?"