The Gym, Sunday Early Morning

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Ino managed to arrive before Liir, which was a feat in and of itself, and so she decided that since there wasn't any point in her just sitting around she did a few quick stretches then got to work on her taijutsu--hand-to-hand fighting.

It felt good. She was going to have to do this more often.

[Ino is waiting for Liir, yes yes. But also open for all your Ino or gymish needs.]

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He trotted in a few minutes later, grinning just a little but as soon as he saw Ino, he winced. Just once.

"Sorry," he said. "Though I'm stretched and warmed up. I did that in the room."

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"Oh, I don't know," Ino said teasingly, "I'm not sure I can forgive you for that. Whatever shall I do?"

Clearly Ino did not mind.

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"You'll have to publicly flog me," he said, very matter of fact. "possibly with a basting brush as that's the only tool I could provide."

He put his bag down, pulled the quiver from his hips, and rolled his shoulder thoughtfully.

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Ino blinked, twisting around to better look at him. "What's a basting brush?"

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"It's used in cooking," he said, "to bast meat or to spread melted butter on things."

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"Ah," Ino did know what that was now that he'd explained it. She just hadn't bothered to learn the name of it before.

She stuck her tongue out at him. "I'm not flogging you with something used to prepare food. That's, that's unsanitary."

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"You say that as if I were unedible," he replied, sounding mildly offended at the very idea.

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"Well, maybe not inedible," she conceded, "but I certainly wouldn't have you with, say, a salad or rice as a side dish. That'd be weird."

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"Of course not. I'm much more suited to crackers and cheese," he said with a smile.

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She wrinkled her nose a bit. "What are you doing out of the kitchen then?" Ino asked, "Last time I checked food products shouldn't be working out."

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He quirked.

"I don't know. Should I head back, then? No lessons on account of my being a sentient rump roast?"

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"Nah," she said airily, "who knows? Maybe the ability to train sentient rump roast will prove useful someday."

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"We'll have to explore that sometime," he said with a grin.

"What're we doing today?" A pause. "Anything but meditation as I did that most of yesterday on and off."

Though, thankfully, he was no longer sore from the fall yesterday.

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She blinked at him. "You don't have nearly enough training to try and do it for an entire day," Ino stretched, and looked curious, "did it work at all?"

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"It wasn't all in one go," he said. "And I don't know what you mean by 'worked'. I did float out a few times and when I did, I tried to control how I saw things. It was odd, but interesting enough."

There was no way in the Great Kells that he was telling Ino about the crash in his room. Too embarrassing.

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"Were you able to control anything you saw?" she asked, tilting her head.

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"I could keep things as they were instead of slipping into how they used to be," he said. "That's as far as I got before Karal trotted over with Trenor."

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"That's an improvement I guess," Ino said, musing on that, "Trenor's... his horse right?"

She thought she could remember Karal mentioning he had a horse the last time they'd talked. But it had been a while.

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"Yes, his horse. A very pleasant horse, really."

He liked Trenor.

"Anyway, today's lesson?"

He looked anxious to do something physical.

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Ino eyed him, then smiled. "You're awfully eager today," she said with a shake of her head, "but alright, stances then?"

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He gave a quick nod and fell into the first she'd taught him.

"Stances," he agreed.

"And I like our sessions. So of course I'm eager."

He grinned, just a bit Wicked.

"And you get to fly after, if you'd like."

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"Good form," Ino complimented him, after looking over his positioning, "you've been practicing?"

She grinned. "Like I'd say no to flying, honestly."

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"Of course," he said, "I told you I would. And you could have been busy. How am I to know?"

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"Just checking," she said lightly, "both you and Lana are working really hard on it. It's impressive."

She stuck her tongue out at him. "You're my only thing planned on Sunday's," Ino said, "the rest is generally whatever I feel like afterwards."

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"I have Host Club myself," he admitted, "but that's all. I'll more than likely end up doing homework after this."