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Saieve turned to face Helena, "Oh? Well maybe some sort of healing power, but would that allow for her to hit so hard?"
Saieve tried to stay focused on the question at hand, but he was finding it rather difficult at the time.

"Well, as I said, it can't be just a healing ability. Some means of biological manipulation or control. Some way of speeding up or intensifying the body's natural functions." The artist shrugged. "I don't know for sure, but I do know she can do both. Can't say I go around getting punched, but I know that it definitely shouldn't have hurt as much as it did when she hit me." This line of reasoning led her to recount experiences with Agent R which in turn sent her back to her dreams. Ugh, why did I have to be such a foolish girl? Some part of her still yearned for that freak of a man, and it was unsettling. Then again, I'm a bit freaky too. She smirked at the pun that so many people would have taken advantage of had she spoken aloud these thoughts.

Saieve grinned, "Alright, sounds good to me, let's do it! I know how to fight and a few other things, so I could act as a tutor since no one else is around."

"Certainly!" Saieve quickly agreed, "I'd love to."

He stepped back a few feet and put a hand to his chin, "Let's see...it's best to start with the basics, of course. Do you know any stances? No? Well, let's just start off with the basic Warrior's Stance, it's the one that you really need to know."

He paused to demonstrate, stepping back with right foot, angling both his feet and his to the right about forty-five degrees and at about shoulder-width apart.

"Now," Saieve said, bending both his knees slightly and raising his hands to chin-level and curling, not clenching his fingers, "Can you mimic this?"

Saieve smiled, "Good." he noticed her furrow her brow, "Just stay relaxed, that's a major key in fighting. Now let's go over moving, real quick, movement is vital in a fight, and from this stance you can be anywhere within an opponent's 360 degree arc easily. A few key things to remember, never cross your legs when moving, and always resume the stance when you're done moving."

He stepped forward with his left foot roughly forty-five degrees out a few inches (a foot at best) and brought his right foot back behind the left, resuming his stance. He then moved his right foot forward at about forty-five degrees and twelve inches out and brought his left foot in front of his right, resuming the stance once more.

He then repeated the same for each side, only moving backwards instead.

"Think you can do that? It's not too complicated and it'll come easier and smoother with practice."

"Of course, I was just about to suggest a spar!" Saieve agreed, "Whenever you're ready."

Saieve glanced at Helena, "You're welcome to join, too, you know, I'm trying to teach you as well."

In the time it took Clarissa to finish learning the stance, Elizabeth was returning with her hair still damp, wearing (as the others had) clean versions of what she'd been wearing before.