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LOKI ODINSON

WARDEN OF THE S.F.S. PEREGRINE

Comments

[kaijuice]

To ask. Would you care to practice?

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You just operate on ominous by default, don't you?

You don't strike me as the type to enjoy sparring, so I'm guessing this is something else.

[kaijuice]

I enjoy not being shanked in my sleep.

[ he isn't worried about that. other people probably should be. ]

It can't have escaped your notice how many fights have broken out.

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I'm aware, yes.

Are you looking for protection? Is your warden not taking care of you?

[Not that wardens are bodyguards, but...

Wait, is that what he's asking?]

[kaijuice]

If I cared to cower behind Gibson I'd have done so. I'm looking to learn.

[shiftedshape]

I see.
Any particular reason you came to me?

[kaijuice]

We're of similar height, and you aren't shaped like a brick. It's between you and William.

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[...Oh, this is hilarious.]

Well, I'm all for self-defense.
I wouldn't mind helping you with that.

[And if Silco just tries to knife him, well, better him than William. Though he'll have to be sure Silco's current warden is aware of the lessons, at the very least.]

What sort of experience do you have already?

[kaijuice]

[ 'when i was twelve i hit another boy with a shovel until he stopped moving' ]

Limited. I've seldom gone unarmed by choice.

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And what sort of arms do you prefer?

[kaijuice]

I'm fond of my associate's. In her absence, bullets will do.

[ twenty photos of knives fall out of my wallet etc ]

[shiftedshape]

[Associates? That's interesting.]

Alright. We'll start with the basics, then.

I'll speak to your warden and we can set something up.

[kaijuice]

[ permission grates, tastes the same as it did down in the dust; a child's indignity. ]

Splendid. If she's reservations, you may assure her that my nose is past setting.

[ but he can be patient. patience, and one day, a skinny boy might lift his spade to skull. ]