The gym, Friday morning

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Aeryn's in the gym early again, mostly to get in a quick workout before starting practice with the bag. She's been kind of slacking the last week, which is weird for her, and feels she should probably make up for it.

[For tatooine_doofus but open. I'm gone in half an hour, though, so SP is love.]

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Luke bounced into the gym. "I went flying yesterday!" he announced.

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"I'm jealous. In your ship?" she asks. And she's serious about the jealous part.

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Luke nodded. "I took Rory," he said with a grin.

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Aeryn is totally living vicariously right now. "Where did you go? Anywhere in particular, or just off the planet?"

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"We headed out of the system, stopping by Pluto to see if it really deserved to be demoted," Luke told her. "I wasn't that impressed."

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"This solar system leaves a lot to be desired," she says. "There isn't even anyone living on them, as far as anyone can tell. Or at least it's uninhabitable for humans and they don't care to check."

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"Rory said something about giraffes on Neptune," Luke said, "but I thought that planet was made of gas." He smiled. "But comparing it to my home system? This place is great."

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That's the first time she's heard anyone say that. "Seriously?"

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"Which part?" Luke asked. "The giraffes or Tatooine being the highlight of a truly crap system?"

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"I knew Anakin didn't like it, but I haven't really heard much about your world," she says.

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"It's a desert," Luke said. "The entire planet. We have two suns and spacers say that from a distance Tatooine looks like a third one because it's so damn hot." He shrugged. "If there's a bright center to the universe, Tatooine's the planet it's furthest from. I couldn't wait to get away."

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"I wouldn't be able to live there," Aeryn decides, for reasons besides thhe obvious. "At least you got away."

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"And I'm never going back," Luke declared. "What do I get to try today?"

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"How comfortable are you with a sparring session, using just what you've learned so far?" she asks.

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Luke grinned. "I'm ready," he said.

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Aeryn goes to the locker and gets him a set of gloves, tossing them to him. "I'll stick to simple punches and kicks as long as you do," she says, putting on her own gloves.

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Luke nodded and pulled the gloves on. "I'm not much of a hair-puller, anyway," he said, setting himself into the defensive position and waiting for Aeryn to make the first move.

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Aeryn gets into position, and starts with a simple right hook to Luke's jaw.

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Luke blocked it easily, then aimed his own right hand at Aeryn's ribs.

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Aeryn knocks his hand away, and at the same time strikes out at his stomach.

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Luke dodged the blow, then aimed a kick at Aeryn's left knee.

Might as well try all of the tricks out, right?

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That one hits, because she wasn't expecting it, and because it's like a rule: Aeryn must take any and all hits to that knee. That knee hates her for it. She stays upright, though, and brings her left fist around to Luke's side.

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Her fist connected because Luke had been more focused on seeing if kicking people would work rather than making sure he was defending himself.

A punch in the side brought the stupidity of that sharply into focus.

Luke pressed his lips together and aimed his right fist at Aeryn's chin and his left towards her stomach.

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She's able to block the punch to the face, but it's harder to coordinate two blocks when one involves your line of sight being partially obstructed by your own arm, so she takes the one to the stomach. She doesn't let it bother her, though, and kicks with her right leg towards his hip.

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Luke shifted backwards to avoid the blow, then kicked out with his own leg, trying to catch her while she was still slightly off-balance.

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Aeryn manages not to fall as his leg catches her, but she has to take a step back to make sure of that. She puts up her guard again, letting him make the first move this time.

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Luke gave her a pleased grin, then focused again, aiming his left hand at her side. He'd be handwavily practicing.

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It was enough time to gather herself up again, and she's able to block easily, going for a right to his shoulder.

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Luke dodged it, using the momentum to aim a kick at her midsection.

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She takes that, sending another punch towards his other side.

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That punch connected, and Luke took a step back to regain focus before aiming another shot at Aeryn's chin.

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Aeryn ducks out of the way, using the movement to try another punch to the same place as last time.

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This time Luke was ready for that shot and he blocked it, spinning around to try to hit Aeryn in the kidneys.

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She manages to back off to not get hit as hard as she would otherwise, but still, ow. She takes a step forward after a second, aiming a low kick at his right knee.

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Luke tried to hop over the kick and ended up stumbling a little.

"That didn't work," he muttered to himself.

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"You okay?" she asks, keeping her guard up.

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Luke wiped an arm across his forehead and returned to the guard position. "Just not that coordinated," he said ruefully.

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"Takes practice. You'll get it," she assures him.

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Luke smiled. "If you say so," he said. "Ready to call it a day?"

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She nods and drops her guard, stepping back. "You did well," she says.

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Luke gave her a huge smile. "Really?"

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"I wouldn't say it if it wasn't true," Aeryn assures him.

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Luke's smile got even wider. "Thank you."

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"Don't thank me for that," she says, but she's smiling.

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"Next week, then?" Luke asked.

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"I'll still be here," Aeryn promises.

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Luke grinned. "Then I will be, too," he replied before heading off for a shower.