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Seren looked around the small alley she was in, making sure no one was nearby... Then powered up, letting her inner Cheomsongdae, as she called it, out to play. Once that was done, she began a quiet run through the area. She still wasn't sure how much good she would be at this sort of thing... Patrolling, fighting off Chaos agents, etc... But she was determined to at least give it a go.

If nothing else, she hoped she'd be able to call for back-up, and get help quickly. If it was a child, she'd do everything she could to protect them, and maybe get them away from the attacker. She just hoped she would be strong enough to not get taken out, and leave a child vulnerable and in danger.

She slowed a little, as she passed through a park, eyes darting side to side. She remembered her own, scary as hell, encounter in a park a few months ago, and she realized these parks were a good place to set up an ambush for the unwitting... And the unprepared.

Cheomsongdae shrieked in surprise as the Page suddenly found herself with a cat yelling something about the sky, and then assaulting her shoulders. Rather than reaching up and sticking her hands into range of the claws, the girl attempted to drop and roll. She managed the drop half, but partway down, her legs got tangled up.

Instead of a controlled roll, she half flopped onto her side, leaving her with one arm trapped under her, and the other flailing in midair as she tried to figure out what to do next, wriggling in discomfort from the cat's claws. "Ow, ow ow you got me, OW!"

She hoped that would distract him long enough to let go, and she could make a more effective move of her own.

She hadn't expected him to jump off and help, or anything. She had expected things to continue. Maybe this wasn't an assault from one of the kitties on the other side she had heard about?

Maybe he had just been trying to test her mettle, and help her spar better.

She took a few deep breaths, and untangled, saying "Thank you for your help." She sat up, and dusted herself off, then looked at the white cat that had assaulted her unexpectedly. "Are you trying to test me? Did I fail?" She sounded nervous, honestly, and unsure what she should do, and also convinced she probably had failed.

After all.

She'd tripped over her own two feet, basically.

She stared down at the cat, and blinked slowly, then her entire body visibly relaxed when he said he wasn't testing her. "Ah? Well, I think... It might? At least for an initial attack, because it's a good surprise attack."

She reached out, offering her hand to him, whether to sniff or put his paw in for a shake, she wasn't sure which was appropriate when meeting what was essentially a sentient cat. "My name is Cheomsongdae. Do you work with knights regularly?"

And then her brow wrinkled again. "I think, once the surprise is lost, it will be less effective? I will be expecting it, which might cut the chances of you successfully hitting me. I think you need some follow up attacks. The claws are very effective, though!"

She was about to give his paw a shake, but he'd moved before she had time. "A pity, I don't know many myself, and I keep hoping to meet one with real experience, who can help me find my feet, so to speak. I'm still very confused about all of this."

"A pleasure, Arthur" She reached up to give him a gently rub, hoping that this was an acceptable and polite way to treat a sentient kitty. She did not know... It could be she was being rude, but she hoped not.

She tilted her head, so that she could peer at him out of the corner of her eye, as one hand went up to support him, and the other was used to help her get up. "I'm not sure. Maybe a few face swipes, but you could attack the back of their head... harder for them to see what you're doing, and scalp cuts HURT, let me tell you."

Once she was upright, she began to move, still patrolling, but at a walking speed, to give him a chance to escape if he wanted. "Ummmm most cats I've dealt with have been friendly. The ones who weren't very friendly, they tended to hiss, smack at my hand, then flee. But... I've seen cats fight each other sometimes? I'm not sure it would be very useful, it seems to be a style of fighting that will only work with someone who is also fighting that way. They spend a lot of time circling, backs arched, hissing and spitting first, then lunge... sometimes they're up on their hind lags, slapping at each other with their paws?"

She paused, then blushed. "Sorry, if I went too far into that, I sometimes get lost in details."

She was more then delighted to pet him as he guided her, because she still loved cats, whether sentient talking Mauvian kitties or the normal, earth-kitties. He was soft, very soft, and she had to control the urge to distract them both by just sinking her fingers into that fur and getting lost in petting him.

"That might be a very good tactic! I am not sure if you could, but... If so, that would be very helpful for a senshi that you were working with."

She nodded, agreeing with his judgement. "Yeah. I just mean, when it comes to cats fighting, that's all I've ever seen, and therefore, what I know. But maybe we can adapt something." She blinked. "And being low could help, sometimes, too... If an Agent is coming after someone, you could hide low, and when they can't see you, go for the hamstring or something?" Hamstring injuries HURT.

Cheom blushed at his request, and bit her lip, then nodded slowly. "Sure, though... I'm VERY new, and still learning myself. But I can totally train with you. We can learn together!"

"Thank you. The only other order person I've met so far is a Senshi named Nix. Kind kid, he's been trying to help me learn how to fight, thank goodness. And he rescued me after I got myself trapped on a building."

She blushed, realizing she had admitted something she had not intended to admit, and coughed a little. "UM. I'll think about it, and see what I can come up with. Most of what I want to know is... Knight stuff, because I feel like I'm missing a lot of details."

She sighed and reached into her belt, where her wand was stuck. "I have a weapon... This." It was small and silvery-colored, with a star at the end. It looked pretty flimsy. "I can maybe smack people with it, or something. As for magic, Nix said he THOUGHT Knights get magic later, but if I have any now, I don't know about it. So my fighting will be purely physical only."

"That's what I had heard, which I think is a pity, but that's me." She just sighed again, and used a hand to brush fingers through her colorful hair. "I admit, I adore cats, and having a friend who was, physically, nearly identical to a cat but could talk to me and all, and who would be around regularly, would be super amazing, but life is as it is."

"No, not that I am aware of. I doubt I'll ever be the sort to shoot lasers, really, anyways. It just doesn't suit me, you know?"

She was nodding at his comment about how she should fight, and then he asked her something odd. "Um. How do I... do that?"

She blushed again, feeling stupid.

She was SUCH a n00b.