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"Not exactly scary stuff... but rather a type of energy generated when people encounter scary stuff. The feeling of fear is Fear. Basically." Sherry wasn't quite prepared for a full on lecture.

"Tell you what. Finish up your food, and then we'll head to the training grounds. We can go over summoning things there, and uh. Weapon basics." Sherry nodded and smiled.

Sherry's head tilted just the slightest bit to the side. Sherry didn't know the word exactly, but she got the idea of it. "You'll learn a lot of things," she said, smiling encouragingly. There would be a lot of technical and good things to learn, too. Being a Hunter was a...whole life experience.

Armagnac was chuckling.

"Good!" Sherry proceeded to follow suit, making sure to eat a lot. Training was work.

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It wasn't too much later that they were ambling down the path to the training grounds. "Now, the Island itself is usually pretty safe, but sometimes the fog gets thick, so be careful. Though it's been pleasant as of late," she said, smiling. "Be wary of the beasts...they tend to patrol the perimeters. And I don't really suggest swimming...at least not until you and your weapon work together a little better."

Sherry was doing a marvelous job of talking as she walked, excited now to be helping the Trainee learn.

"And this," she gestured to the building and the grounds beside it, "is the Training Grounds. We have an indoor ground and an outdoor, for whatever you think you need. People come down here to practice and spar, and don't worry, we have damage dampeners installed, so wounds don't get too bad. Nothing to be worried about."

She paused then, giving Mimi a moment to take it in.

"Technically we can be attacked at anytime, and the enemy doesn't really take experience, or a lack of it, into account. So being prepared is the best way to be. With swimming, well, I can almost assure you something out there is waiting to attack."

She had to smile at the enthusiasm the girl was showing. "Your health does return, but you still don't want to try and push it. As for starting," she said as she led them onto the grounds, "we can do that anytime."

With that, Sherry summoned her own weapon. There was a flash of light and then she was holding a glaive in her hand.

Sherry did her best to hold back a grin. "It's okay, it can take some getting used to," she said, in response to the weapon being dropped. With a casual flair she hefted Armagnac onto her shoulder to rest while Mimi got the hang of holding onto her weapon.

"Is it too heavy? Because if that's the issue the more you work together the less you'll feel the weight. The more partners work together, the more they, uh, flow together. It's kind of like practicing." She was trying to figure out the best way to explain it.

"Here, pick it up and show me how you hold it."

Sherry took a couple steps forward on instinct. "Are you alright?"

She surveyed the situation for a moment, shifting Armagnac off her shoulder and resting the butt of the glaive on the ground. "Why don't we start with just...pick the sword up, simple like? Um, just... holding it in front of you...two handed but not up over your head or anything." It had totally looked like Mimi had tried to hoist it up high, ok.

"Just take it easy... you'll get the hang of it."

"Excellent!" Sherry gave the girl her brightest grin. "Now..." There were two ways they could go with this. It was clear Mimi needed much more practice with her weapon, so...

"Why don't you desummon, and then summon again? You have to be able to summon without dropping." Really. Sherry could just imagine the millions of bad things that would happen if a hunter dropped their weapon after summoning.

"See! It's not so hard!" Sherry clapped around her own weapon.

"Ok. Now. You need to get used to it, but we'll hold off on summoning at the moment. Also need to practice swinging your blade. And using it defensively but that can come next." Sherry wasn't sure if that was the best order, but it had worked for her.

"So, you have a choice. You can swing at me, or at the training dummy. You can't hurt me, really, so don't let that sway your decision." Sherry was pretty sure she could defend herself from a rookie sword swing.

Sherry smiled. "Perfectly fine!" Really, with the dampeners on the grounds, there wasn't much of anyone getting hurt, so there was nothing keeping them from getting started. It would probably be better for Mimi in the long run, anyway. Fight or die. That's how it went.

"Let me know when you are ready."