lili.

[nonbelligerent]

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[coastal]

I don't think I like what that means either.

[it sounds EMBARRASSING]

[nonbelligerent]

You're very hard to please.

[coastal]

I've been told that.

[ . . . ]

Then if you really have nothing better to do, that's fine.

How well can you fight anyway...?

[nonbelligerent]

Should I feel offended that you think I survived all these years on sheer luck?

[coastal]

I don't like to think of you in danger in general.

[she's still mad about that TOO

just ADD TO THE LIST OF THINGS SHE'S MAD ABOUT, SHESS]

[nonbelligerent]

Lili, I assure you that I would not be sent on any tasks if I wasn't capable of handling myself.

[coastal]

You nearly got obliterated in one because some stupid moron was having a fit and you were sent to deal with a temper tantrum!

[IS THAT NOT WHAT HAPPENED, THAT'S WHAT LILI HEARD]

[nonbelligerent]

He wasn't having a fit yet. I was sent to preemptively stop one.

Which means that things were settled without issue, and at no point did he try to kill me.

[coastal]

But it could've happened.

Someone sent you because they didn't care if anything happened to you [damn, cushion your words a little, lili] and I hate that.

I'm sure you can handle yourself - but I'm mad that you have to.

[nonbelligerent]

[well, not unfair? hanuman's pretty decent as far as sura are concerned (see: actually giving a shit if a planet blew up) but shess in no way expects a sura from another clan to care if he lives. for that matter, he doesn't really expect sura from his own clan to care either.]

Are you suggesting I withdraw from everything and live in isolation so that I can stay safe?

[coastal]

No, I suggest you surround with people who care more about your well-being so you don't get so defensive every time I do.

[TO BE HONESST!!!!!]

[nonbelligerent]

[he smiles a little.]

That is merely one of the differences between sura and humans.

[anyway.]

But back to your earlier question: yes, I can fight, and rather well, I'd say.

[coastal]

[there's a look that she briefly shoots him that says wE'RE NOT DONE WITH THIS TOPIC, MISTER

but she'll let go

because they've both had a long day]

What do you use to fight?

[nonbelligerent]

I'm best at unarmed combat, but since I don't have my usual strength in this place, I use a dagger.

[coastal]

[ . . . oh.]

I need to learn both of those things...

[nonbelligerent]

Then that works out, doesn't it?

[coastal]

I suppose so.

[jan neither of us know anything about fighting or training why are you making us thread this]

[nonbelligerent]

[i don't know]

Are you focusing on offence or defence? Or both?

[coastal]

Both...

But if I had a choice, I'd rather focus defensively. Just because I've killed before doesn't mean I wish to do it again.

[nonbelligerent]

[he nods. he doesn't bat an eye at the fact she's killed.]

Then, can you attack someone with conviction?

[asking, because nana for better or for worse struggled with that in training.]

[coastal]

If it's me or them.... or they're attacking someone I care for—

Yes.

[that's the situation she was in before, after all. lili's at least very familiar with the concept of fighting for her life]

[nonbelligerent]

And during training?

[coastal]

... that's what I'm training for, isn't it?

One day my opponent might be anyone, from the sounds of it.

[nonbelligerent]

Some people find it difficult to attack another. Training just makes it worse, as it's easier to notice your reservations when the situation isn't life-or-death.

But good. That will make things easier.

[coastal]

[ . . . ]

I'll learn what I must. I can't die here.

I have more still that I need to accomplish.