#rivervale_lodge

"Low" Faster

and whomp, there it is, as despite the 'faster switch, the hit low is sollid "Middle!"

A whiff! Dag glowers, and swings a second time.

A clip that time, not a dead center hit like some others, but still at least a glancing blow, well, glancing blows dont' ahve that much muscle behindd them but still

"You're doing fine... HIgh!"

She seems to have better luck with high - a solid blow.

"A few more test blows, and Siv admits "Okay, okay, let's stop for a sec. See what we've learned sound good? Besides, my arm needs a breather. Some of that energy is jarring' Admiring

"Right, okay... I mean, if I wanna be fast, there might be better weapons."

"Your'e right, you're right. I was just thinking with the Strength down pat, speed and accuracy were what waws left. But no, the Dreaming gave you fly swater for a reason. So while you may want to practice with other weapons, your MAIN style should probably be wit it. " The older girl nods

"Well, it's mine."

"Lady, I believe you" She says taking the padding off her arm to look at her arm , "You did great. hardly any misses. I think you're better at placing them high than low"

"which I should work on. Most folks are shorter than me, when I'm like this."

"Yup, so we learned a few things you can approach on your path to getting badder ass. Probably from the real warriors of the lodge. My own style is more acrobatic."

"Well, you grew up a not-pirate."

"Aye, heavy armor not our style, you sink"

"Bet you are like that movie... swinging on ropes, or, like, sticking your dagger in a sail to ride down.."

She smiles wistfully "Good times. Oh sure. I still have to fight the urge to slide down banisters or go trapsing around the top of the Kestrel, but you? you're the amazons in that Justie League movie, the ones that broke those gate paths with hammers WHAM... I mean, they'd let me on the island, but you'd be the one they cheered "

"Whoever designed Flyswatter was smart - got a hammer AND an axe..."

"No argument from me" Siv says "It's a beauty at what it does. I hope you don't think I was putting on airs taking you to side to practice? I just want to be useful and figured we'd both learn."

"Well, I'm sure you got me beat on know how. I just swing and hit."

"I don't think it's so much technique. I just... remembered how?"

"Tis called Remembrance, past lives habits lingering on, lessons of your time in the dreaming yet without memory of how you learned.. just the whats. " She nods "Some are powerful in it, others , every life is compeletely blank. It's an edge, but it has a down side."

"But you don't have any, right?"

"I.. have Remembrance of my childhood in the Dreaming, bits and pieces, but..." A bit of her lip "Far as I can tell, this is my first life. ' A mutter '"Hope it's not me only, but...' Normal voice, "If it is, I am to make the most of it." A smile, "Should I break into song like a disney princess about me hopes and ambitions?"

"Well, don't most folks only have one go?"

"And, I mean, if you don't remember, isn't it like dying, anyhow?"

"Oh, you need to talk to me father, he's the Mountain and more learned about that sort of thing."

"Frank's working on teaching me stuff."

"He's good at that," She says proudly "Sometimes Da feels lik he's not as good at the last mountain, but I think he's just different and there are things Vegard Hornshield probably didn't know at me Da's age either. Course, I never met the man, not.. not in that life. Da studies as much as he can on troll history and ways, and more"

She nods. "I wanna see how other places work. Like Firnost."

"Everyone wants to go to Firnost, me included" She aedmits "it's like the older wilders and grumps are like "oh not that, you don't wnat that... no no, and we ca't tell you all why you don't want it ...' well damn if that doesn't make us want it more doesn't it/"

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"...Wanna go?"

"You know the Dreaming, you could find the way. There's no banality danger, right? It's a freehold."

"True... I know the dreaming better than anyone but certain rovers " A bit of pride

"Okay, MANY rovers. SOme of them LIVE o nthe silver almost"

She nods. "Way Olgar talks, being a Rover sounds cool."

"Maybe I could be one..."

"Sure, maybe you could. It's not an easy life I hear. Guarding total strangers on the silver or other roads with litle expecation of reward. Olgar's said that he's had to rescue a lot of folks he'd just as soon kick in the pants"

"And Kerri worries sometimes when he's gone long," Thoughtful "Though she'd DIE afore letting him know how much. "

"Well, maybe it'd be nice to be on your own... "

"Like, free to do whatever, go wherever.."

"And possibly kill me for talking so open" Realization "Well, not kill. But she's hearth, they have ways of showing their power"...then a look to Dagmar, "True, but, is good to have a homeport, a lodge in this case."

"I guess. It's... weird, I dunno."

"I think you'd get bored if things weren't weird now and then..."

"Maybe."

"But, like... this whole thing... " She shrugs. "It's weird."

"I wish Sylvi had stayed."

"I thought you'd miss her" she admits, 'I will too. THough not just yet. "

"I mean, whatever, right? It's not like we had anything in common. She's a total priss."