Third floor common room, Sunday evening

[future_sandworm]

While he had enjoyed the cruise more than he had expected, and eventually got used to being on a ship, Leto was happy to be back. He had considered writing one of those letters he could never send to his sister at home, but decided against it - they always made him melancholy and that wasn't what he wanted.

Instead, he brought the baliset to the common room, and after tuning the instrument he began to play a slow Caladan song, one that Gurney Hallek had once taught his father.

[Open, of course!]

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[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"Sounds complicated," Triela shook her head in disapproval. Combat was supposed to be simple.

[future_sandworm]

"Merely different technology," Leto replied. "Humanity is very adaptable."

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"That's true," Triela snorted. She waved a hand at herself in silence. Because, really, what did she need to say?

[future_sandworm]

"So, no hand-to-hand combat?" Leto couldn't resist asking.

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"If I have to, but it's slower." Triela shrugged. "I did the entirety of my last mission with a garrote."

[future_sandworm]

"Was it successful?" Leto asked.

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

Triela shot him a disdainful look. Of course it was successful. Triela didn't fail missions.

[future_sandworm]

That was probably answer enough. He smirked.

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

She rolled her eyes at the smirk, but permitted herself a small answering smirk of her own.

"You don't try to control someone who's not dangerous."

[future_sandworm]

"I didn't say you weren't," Leto replied. "Do you spar?"

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"Not really," Triela shrugged. "Not much point."

Because she was just that good.

Or thought so, at least.

[future_sandworm]

Clearly, that wouldn't be put to the test. Leto smirked. "No?"

[bedtime!]

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"I'm considerably faster and stronger than a baseline human, and I spend the vast majority of my time killing people." So of course she was better than everyone else.

[future_sandworm]

"So are quite a few people in this place, I've noted," Leto observed.

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"No one's at my level," Triela shook her head. Which she was almost certainly wrong about.

[future_sandworm]

"Underestimating one's enemies has been the downfall of many," Leto replied cheerfully.

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

Triela just smiled confidently. She never did that.

Cue exasperated eyerolling from the mun.

[future_sandworm]

Leto just smiled back, and then started playing again. Someone needed to teach this girl a lesson, clearly.

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

Triela leaned back and listened. He was pretty good with the thing, after all.