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She took some slow breaths, letting her body relax, and blushed a little at his words. "I'm glad you're ok... And seriously, no. I... Maybe it's why I fit in Sun, I guess? I just did what seemed natural." She paused, then blushed again, this time a more 'ack I feel embarrassed to say this' way. "I uh... used to read a lot of what some call 'high fantasy', and I always was fascinated by the battle scenes, and especially ones with women warriors." She looked thoughtful, if still red cheeked. "I especially loved Tamora Pierce's stuff, and I dunno. Maybe some of what I read just sort of inspired the moves?" She sounded unsure, but she still was obviously very pleased and flattered that the other trainee had complimented her. Maybe he wasn't THAT much more experienced then her in sparring, but he'd definitely been here longer.

She considered his winded state, then added "Though maybe we could meet up and do jogging together? I know, I KNOW, jogging is awful, but it's a great way to build up basic stamina. There's other good work outs for it, too, but... I'm only familiar with jogging." She looked down at her feet and half-mumbled "It's all I could afford to learn about before..."

She considered, and said "No, not as their weapon generally, though sometimes it would depict them using it as a back up weapon when they'd lost their swords or something... Shield bashing was written as a legit attack, sometimes. Maybe you should see what the internet says about shields-as-a-weapon?" She blinked, recognizing the Captain America reference, but not anywhere as well read on it as him. "Well... he throws it, too... That seems kind of risky, to me, when you're not exactly hyped up on whatever superjuice they gave him..."

His comment about naked lesbians, semi naked lesbians, dragons, and fighting made her jaw go slack, and stunned. She had no idea what this was about, and she had never heard of such a thing either. It was VERY clear he'd sort of broken her brain for the moment.

She saw the blank stare, and smiled a little. "It's not for everyone, I know... But you seem like a nice guy, and I'd hate to see you go down in a major battle because you ran out of stamina. That's the only reason I brought it up." She shrugged and sighed. "And I thought a jogging buddy might make it less horrible. And trust me, I KNOW it is. I hate jogging but when it's all you have access to for working out, pretty much, and you work late nights... Well for me at least, it was better then risking being out of shape." Her eyes went a little dark, as if remembering something, though not in the 'It happened to me' way, but in the 'it happened to some one I knew' way.

She blinked in surprise at his comment, and then looked pleased at being able to help at all. "Well then you might want to work on upper body strength, like I'm trying to do now..." She sighed. "Which I admit jogging isn't AS helpful with, but still. Stamina. I need to find a way to do some weight training, I guess. Preferably with help from some one who knows what they're doing, because I hear you can really ******** yourself up doing it if you don't." She looked sad for a moment, being reminded of a discussion about this with one of her exes. She shook her head to get that thought out, and refocused. "Yeah, I don't think MMOs, from what I have heard about them, are the best choice for it. I wouldn't think LOTR is either. Especially not the movies. Gods. SHIELD SURFING, for ******** sake."

She lifted her brows at his words about his girlfriend, and wolf whistled, GENTLY swatting his shoulder. "Get 'em, Tiger! Glad to hear some people on this island aren't repressed, and are out there having fun. I don't know anyone well enough yet to be enjoyin' those reindeer games, but maybe I'll find a few friends." She laughed a little. "Hope I get the chance to meet your lady, I am looking for new friends."

She blinked at the mental image of Terry as a penguin, and couldn't resist a chuckle. "No, you're not a penguin, I agree. I don't know what animal I'd compare you to, if I were to do so, but penguin is not it. You're too tall and slender for that. They're all short and squat."

She smiled and said, in a wistful tone, "That's the best way to go about it, though. I know when my partners and I were together, I was amazed when the two of them pulled me into their relationship. It startled me, and was amazing, and wonderful." She looked sad, and then shook her head. "ANYWAYS I look forwards to meeting Kim, then."

She arched a brow at his legs and arms, and then up at his face. "Yes, we all start somewhere, though. You want to be able to protect her back, right? You'll do a better job if you work on getting some muscle. And I'm not sayin' be a muscle man. You're probably one of those wirey types, muscle wise, I'd guess. You just start small and work your way up. It's the same with stamina building. I just don't know as much about it."

She saw the rubbing, and just patted his shoulder, in a comforting way. "Hey. It's ok to be slender, you know? Not everyone is meant to be large and muscled. Not everyone's body can handle that, even. Being slender is a valid, and attractive, body type." She shook her head and added "You're Life. Your most important asset is your mind. You're not supposed to be a meathead like me." She was teasing, in a friendly way, trying to make him feel better about the fact that he wasn't very muscled. She'd rather her new friend (whether he realized he was or not) be happy with himself. She just didn't want him to not have the stamina to care for himself, if he got in a fight. She'd... honestly thought that using the girlfriend appeal would work. She wasn't at all used to the Beta Male personality.

His question made her lips twist a little, and she sighed, then nodded. It wasn't a sigh of 'don't ask' or shame or discomfort, just of not wanting to think about THEM. "Uh. Yeah, I was in a threeway relationship. I had a girlfriend and a boyfriend, and they were together with each other too. Indeed, they were a couple before they met me." She scratched her head, a little, and gazed across the field.

She sighed, seeing the blank face, and just settled back, not pushing further. She was sure he could do it, but if he didn't want to, she wouldn't try to make him. She looked up at the sky for a long moment, before back at him, wondering vaguely what made him so very passive.

His comment about being not being jealous caused her to look very confused. "What would jealousy have to do with it? I... We were a relationship, all three of us. It was a balanced thing, until... Well anyways, it was balanced. I had nothing to be jealous of. It's not like I'd be ok if one of the others decided to go out and like... ******** some side piece. None of us were a side piece, none of us were unequal to anyone else... It was just us, a happy trinity, if you will. I mean, sure, like in any relationships, things came up... But no more then normal?" It was clear she couldn't understand why jealousy would be involved in her relationship.

She blinked at his apology, then laughed, and shook her head. "Not offended, I'm just confused as to what you meant. Unfortunately, my experience of the media's portrayal of polyamory is less then accurate at best, downright malicious lies at worse." She sighs softly, and shrugged. "But it's often what people know. It's ok, though. I don't blame you for not knowing."

She laughed more when he added the caveat on what he did NOT want to talk about. "All right, all right. I wont push you on it. I barely know you after all, it's probably weird of me to do so. What can I say? I sometimes leap without looking. So you mentioned... dragon riding lesbians. Please, explain what that was about. It sounds both utterly bizarre and also completely intriguing."