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[animusangelus]

What's all this I hear about magic and schools and...owls? [Surely he heard wrong, right?] Is it one of those reality shifts? I can't say I'm sorry I missed that one.

[Owls are mysterious enough without adding magic to them.]

I'm trying to find a good place to practice. All things considered, I don't think it would be good for me to become sluggish.

[Who knows? He might have friends he wants to defend one day. People seem to flock to him even if he isn't particularly social. At all.]

Anyone else use a sword?

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[ofhope]

[ Cloud... Well, he wouldn't remember, and Joshua doesn't care. ]

I do.

[animusangelus]

Know how to use it?

[ofhope]

Why would I use it if I didn't know how?

[animusangelus]

Anyone can swing a sword around.

Know any techniques? Been in a battle before?

[ofhope]

Is this an interview? You can find that out in an actual fight.

[animusangelus]

I don't want to have to clean you up afterwards.

[ofhope]

I could say the same of you, but why bother with the clean-up?

[animusangelus]

I'm not in the habit of leaving someone to bleed to death.

[ofhope]

[ Whyever not... ]

Sounds about standard.

[animusangelus]

[Morals, man. They suck.]

It should.

[. . .]

Where do you want to meet?

[ofhope]

Didn't say I wanted to do anything of the sort...

1/2

[animusangelus]

[...what?

...oh. He could have phrased that better. But still.]

2/2

[animusangelus]

So you're just bragging?

[ofhope]

Knowing how to use a sword is hardly bragging rights. Many people here do. I'm surprised there aren't more flocking to this...but everyone's gotten pretty lazy.

[animusangelus]

Seems like. [He sighs.] Laziness won't protect them.

[ofhope]

Then will you?

[animusangelus]

I can't say I'll sit on the sidelines.

[ofhope]

So they all say.

[animusangelus]

I'm not a liar.

[ofhope]

Everyone's a liar.

[animusangelus]

To some degree. Usually not where it matters.

[ofhope]

What matters is subjective.

[animusangelus]

What matters to you?

[ofhope]

We haven't even had a second date. How personal.

[animusangelus]

Who said you deserve a date?