Luceti Appointments

[i_speak_softly]

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[i_speak_softly]

[After a minute or so of demonstration, Don spins the bo back to a ready position and returns to his center, only then looking away from the imaginary opponent he was battling and directing a shy, questioning gaze at his observer. What did you think?]

[semper_cogitans]

[Don's response is a soft, genuine smile and a slight nod of what might even be approval.]

... Is it... odd to say that you look... b-beautiful, when you are performing such motions? Even if they are... dangerous, I suppose, they... they have a sort of... [... grappling for the right words, here...] ... aesthetic quality. And... technically speaking, the precision is astounding.

[He pauses then, before continuing in a somewhat more sober tone.]

... Thank you for... allowing me to watch. It... is certainly different to see you do this, but... [Quietly:] I know that... this is very important to you, and your family. I... wish to be part of it as well... more than just, er, training alongside, so to speak.

[i_speak_softly]

[Don rubs his head, embarrassed - no one has ever described his ninjutsu that way before.]

[When Robert is done speaking, Don reflexively holsters the bo in his belt, then steps forward and offers his partner a hand up.]

[semper_cogitans]

[That's because nobody has ever had the strange perspective of this small man sitting in seiza in front of you, Don.

Robert takes Don's hand - with a surprising confidence - and stands. He doesn't wobble, not like he used to.]

... If... if it is something you would enjoy... we could p-practise together sometime. If, er, Leonardo does not mind...

[i_speak_softly]

[Leonardo can deal with it.]

You're wanting to train to me forever.

[semper_cogitans]

[Processing... processing... uh...]

... Hmm...

[Nope, sorry. Not getting it exactly.]

Ah, do you... mean that you wish me to train with you more often? Or, er... perhaps vice-versa...?

[He'll get this eventually, Don. It just requires abstractions that he has to build into his thinking.]

[i_speak_softly]

[... He's not sure what the opposite of that would be.]

Yes?

[semper_cogitans]

[Addressed the opposite way! Asking if he does, naturally.

Close enough either way, right? He got... something of it! It's a start. Better than the blatant mistakes he's made earlier.]

... Well.

[Fidgeting with his fingers a little:] ... I... I do not mind. It... might even be n-nice, I suppose. [Though now he'll feel like he should be even more attentive to himself. Some self-consciousness has set in, though not enough to make him do more than look pitiably shy about the whole thing.]