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 Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 6:46 pm
"A warrior?" she repeated. "Does that mean you'll be fighting?"
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Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 6:52 pm
"If I am needed, yes," Zukon said quietly as he put his Katanas in their sheaths.
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Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 7:25 pm
"So you want your family to be proud of you for fighting?" Lucky asked crossing her arms. "Most kids I know are taught not to fight..."
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Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 7:38 pm
"It's not like that. I am not encouraged to fight, unless it is to protect someone or myself."
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Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 7:45 pm
"And poor innocent saplings..."
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Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 8:00 pm
"The sapling was unfortunate, yes, but I needed the practice. I hadn't done that move before and was working out the kinks."
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Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 8:04 pm
"So...parts of nature must perish so you can perfect skills that will allow you to destroy more of our world?"
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Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 8:22 pm
Zukon took a deep breath. His training and firebending required lots of patience, but she was testing every bit of it. "I do not destroy the world. Every tree I destroy when I train I plant a new one for. It is not the same, no. But it makes a difference to the balance of the universe and helps to rectify the imbalance I have caused."
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Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 8:23 pm
"But why cause the imbalance in the first place?" she asked with wide, sad eyes.
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Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 8:41 pm
"Sometimes it cannot be helped. I need to be fully prepared to defend others. Would you want a competent swordsman or an incompetent one fighting for your life?"
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Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 8:42 pm
Lucky frowned, "Why would someone be fighting for my life?"
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Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 9:08 pm
"What if you got into trouble, or someone wanted to hurt you? Wouldn't you want someone to come save you?"
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Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 9:13 pm
"I never have trouble," she said cheerily. "My luck keeps me safe."
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Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 9:24 pm
"That's good." He smiled, remembering a lesson his cousins gave him on girls. "But I would fight for you, to keep you safe."
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Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 9:27 pm
"But I wouldn't want you to fight," she said, her eyes growing wider. "You could get hurt if you fight!"
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