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fandomhighdorms2015-07-10 05:57 pm
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The Salle, Friday Afternoon
Kathy had been getting handwavy lessons in knifework from Eliot for several months now and she was starting to get pretty good at it. They still spent more time sparring with markers than they did with even practice blades, but she had fewer and fewer streaks of ink across her skin and clothing when they finally broke for the day. So--progress?
While Kathy had yet to figure out how to practice actual knifework by herself (save for practicing reversing her grip until her wrists hurt), a lot of her lessons were actually teaching her a martial art--Krav Maga, she thought. Unleashing a flurry of strikes or kicks would do her just as much good in a knife fight as whipping a knife around--and possibly more, considering Kathy wasn't sure she'd actually be able to use a knife on a real person. Not unless she was trying to save someone else, too, probably. So Eliot seemed to mostly be teaching her the most brutally efficient way to take down someone who was holding a knife and only some of those lessons actually involved using a knife of her own.
Which, honestly, Kathy was pretty okay with.
Today her assignment was to practice her kicks and strikes while pulling her knife out and changing her grip on it--without losing the rhythm of her strikes or dropping the knife.
"One-two-three-dammit!" It was harder than it sounded.
While Kathy had yet to figure out how to practice actual knifework by herself (save for practicing reversing her grip until her wrists hurt), a lot of her lessons were actually teaching her a martial art--Krav Maga, she thought. Unleashing a flurry of strikes or kicks would do her just as much good in a knife fight as whipping a knife around--and possibly more, considering Kathy wasn't sure she'd actually be able to use a knife on a real person. Not unless she was trying to save someone else, too, probably. So Eliot seemed to mostly be teaching her the most brutally efficient way to take down someone who was holding a knife and only some of those lessons actually involved using a knife of her own.
Which, honestly, Kathy was pretty okay with.
Today her assignment was to practice her kicks and strikes while pulling her knife out and changing her grip on it--without losing the rhythm of her strikes or dropping the knife.
"One-two-three-dammit!" It was harder than it sounded.

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You know. Possibly.
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He didn't think Kathy would tell anyone but he could tease.
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All heart there, Kathy.
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Not that the US couldn't be xenophobic in its own right...but last time Kathy and Flick had talked about what the future would hold for him, he'd mentioned staying in NYC to be near his mom.
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"She's not going with you?" Kathy asked, confused. "To...where?"
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Look, her brain didn't immediately jump to assumptions about magical countries and legions of super-secret demon-hunters. Not when there was 'ill-conceived criminal enterprises' she could worry about instead!
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He'd grown and changed a lot since she'd first ended up rooming with him. And Isabelle had been a big part of that, she was sure. "Do you think you'll be able to tell me about it someday?"
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