Building Upon Broken Wings

Hues of red and orange would be pulling into glorious prominence, pushing away the purple and dark blue hues of the retreating night. Morning would be in the process of solidifying its full arrival, peeking and pulling itself up and over the eastern horizon with its breeze flowing upon the land, permeated the air with earthy tones that resonated the mountain air mixed along with the soft ambiance of the wet dew. Movement would begin in the lower hilly valley where Yuki’s village was located. The residents of the city would be charged with greeting a new day and performing whatever menial tasks needed to be performed during it.

In the timeline of the world’s events, it wouldn’t be long before Battousai would leave this area in order to head elsewhere in seeking the breadcrumbs of a new lead. Before then, however, he pledged to give his student at least the first tastes of her practice, thus she would have something to work upon until he came back.

Having woken up early with the sun light, Battousai would be the lead persona to awaken into this world. He would garb himself in black clothing with a white flowing scarf that trailed his movements almost as a cape with both of his blades equipped.

Both his students were sleeping under the same roof, which made finding them conveniently easy in the morning times. It would be pretty early when Battousai would have awoken Sera from her slumbers and given her instructions to get ready for the day and to meet him at the meadowlands east of the village outskirts. From there, he would leave her to her privacy and proceed to the area of question. In arriving into the green and flowing grasslands, he would find a central location and sit on his knees, with the grasses reaching as high as his arms, and proceed to remain in this meditative manner until the arrival of his student.

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Battousai would sense Sera before she reached him. As she approaches him, his eyes would open with him looking straight forward before waiting for her to come to a halt. With that, he would press upon his knees and his form would rise into a full and erect stance after which he would turn to her and judge that she was ready to begin her training. He begins by telling her, “I will train you in a similar way as I did Yuki. You should seek to surpass him… in that time he was about the same strength as you are now… this is not intended to be fun, but to gain results.”

Moving right into the things, he would approach Sera and explain, “I will teach you the basics and you will teach you your own style.” His gaze would look down to the sword that she had brought with her and he would reach out and request that she would hand it to him. After she was to do so, he would take the sword by its tip and casually fling it several yards behind him. After spinning several times it would land tip first in the ground, buried amongst the tall grass of the meadow with its hilt end protruding. Holding out his right hand, his lips would shift beneath the lower face mask that kept half of his visage hidden. A single ray of light would generate in his hand and elongate to the point where a coarse object was created. A short sword, that appeared to be more suitable for her, is formed from the light and then solidified. It would be fully hardened with no cloth hilt, but it would be the basic form of a short sword with the only difference being it would be much heavier than a normal sword the same shape and size. It was simply because a lot of mass was packed into a small area. Battousai would hand over the blade to her and comment, “use this for now.”

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Battousai’s hand retreats into his body after the sword is handed off to her; he folds his arms at his chest for the time being and continues with the lesson, “when you master that sword, you will have mastered the sword you will come to use.” This would be an indication that the sword she was training with would not be the sword that she would regularly fight with; that would be found only after her training was completed. Finding her new sword after this would be her rite of passage, but still, that was a good ways off.

Wanting her to be fully prepared for what would be happening with him temporarily leaving, he would tell her beforehand, “I am going away… I will not be long, but use the time that I am gone to master what I will teach you today.” He continues, “If you can perform satisfactorily then we can move to the next level.” He warns her, “Look closely at what you must master.”

His body turns with his side to her. His right hand casually comes to rests the hilt of his left blade. In one fluid motion, the blade slash out diagonally in an upward manner sending out an invisible arch of force of tremendous power that rips a path through the meadow and travels the length of the field to the other side before it dissipates in the distance leaving an earthy rut path in its wake. There comes a sliding noise of metal and then a click as the blade is re-sheathed; he turns back to her and explains, “that is called ‘slash.’ You should know that by the time I return… but to begin your training today… you will learn the most universal technique of all animals. The swipe.” He would instruct, “show me how you hold your sword.”

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Battousai would nod as she took her stance and held her sword. To him, it wasn’t important how she held her sword as long as it was a firm grip. He would further enlighten her by stating, “today you will hold your sword…” The full impact of those words would be understandable later in the day as the training went on. He continues, “for the first part of your warm up, you will perform a swipe.” He warns, “do not allow your sword to touch the ground… or it will be bad.” In saying this, he moves to her and reaches for her arm which was holding the sword of light. He takes her arm at her wrist and chants something beneath his mask. While doing this, light glows about her forearm and a very simple glowing piece of light solidifies about her arm and molds over her current hand posture extending to the base of her blade in a swirling manner; thus, even if she wanted to let go of the blade, she would not; it would now almost be an extension of her arm though it held enough flexibility for her to move her wrist as needed. His hands move from hers as he takes a few steps back and then is held up as he illustrates, “the cat paws at the butterfly” with a swiping motion to give a visual of the basic thing that she would want to do. He would wait silently expecting her to do one. At this time, his arms would fold at his chest and he would expect her to do it perfectly, but after she did it, if she stopped to ask, ‘like that?’ or something similar he would simply motion for her to do it again. This would go on for about an hour or until she started to show signs of fatigue, not being able to hold her arm up, asked for a rest or something similar.

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As the young lady performed her task, the world moved as normal around her. There would be butterflies and dragon flies wafting about the meadows, playing in the sun’s newly formed rays and the clouds would change in their tint from purple to more of a tone of blue. Battousai would stand resolute, almost as a rock, in that position while watching her. One good portion of his mental ‘condition’ was the fact that he was used to being in a state where he did not move when he wasn’t the default persona and was watching through whomever’s eyes that happened to be at the moment. Thus, almost as if in a meditative state, he would watch her with full expectations that she would continue until he said stop. Of course, he was not going to say to stop, due to the fact that he wanted her to continue until she was near her limit. As the time passed, it seemed as if her arm was starting to get tired, which was normal and expected. As she held the arm up and off of the ground, he would walk around to her other side and allow, “rest the sword on your shoulder.” She could bend her elbow and place the dull portion against her shoulder to at least rest a portion of her arm for now. As this occurred, he would reach for the other hand and generate a sword like she had in her main hand and create a caste around it in similar form. Now she had two swords. He would take a step back and comment, “continue with this arm. Paw the butterfly.” With that, he would look to the side and pull one of his swords out and swing it, causing it to stab into the ground where it would rest butt side up. His hands would come together to form a hand seal as he chanted and transferred his energy and a portion of his consciousness, or rather another’s consciousness within the mind they shared, into the sword. The sword would begin to glow and grow into the humanoid form of Jyn, who would be dressed the same as Battousai. Looking to his ‘brother’ Battousai would order “watch her while I bring water. Her sword is…” Jyn cuts him off, “not to touch the ground… yeah, I know.” He taps his head with his index finger before looking over to Sera and grinning. Turning his attention back to Battousai, he wraps his arm around him and turns their back to her as he speaks, “it’s about time you let me out to meet her. She’s pretty cute, eh?” Battousai frown and pushes Jyn’s arm off of him. “Watch her,” he says as he begins to walk off. In a huffing manner, Jyn is left behind as he watches Battousai walk off and sighs, “Grinch…” Turning back around, he looks over to Sera, who should be swiping, and smiles, “yo! I’m Jyn, nice to meet you.” He holds his hand out to shake, knowing that she wouldn’t be able to with dual sword hands.

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Jyn’s hand retracts as a smile comes to grace his face. He casually walks about her keeping at least three or four meters between then given the fact that she was actively swiping a sword to and fro. He would immediately realize that she didn’t see him arrive. “Pretty intense,” he would make the comment, partially to himself referencing the devotion she put into swinging her sword. As it would turn out, it didn’t seem to Jyn as if she had noticed Battousai’s departure either. He pauses in his walk and folds his arm standing to her left side as he answers, “well, I know that. I’ve been sent here to keep an eye on you and make sure you don’t slack in your training. I guess you didn’t see your master walk off just now, eh?” Since her eyes were on him, he figured he might as well help himself to a visual heap of her. Using his internal mental abilities, he attempted to estimate her bust size that was behind the tunic she wore. Taking into account her waist and overall shape, he would have to judge her body around an eight. Keeping the social commentary going, he would comment, “you must be a masochist to be training under Battousai, eh?” The tone would be a bit teasing, but he wanted to get a good feel for her personality.

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“Is he a harsh master?...” Jyn echoes her words as he folds his arms while running his chin. His head cocks a little to the side before he sighs and lowers his arms into being crossed about his chest. He settles for, “let’s just say he’s very result oriented.” The white haired male comments, “you’ll probably learn a lot, but it won’t help you if your body can’t move. But I guess that’s a good thing, since look at Yuki now.” With that, he would make the comment, “I must be distracting you, because that last swipe was horrible…” A grin would be on his face as he waltzes back around to her front with his feet kicking through the tall stands of grass making passing movements with each lackadaisical kick before coming to a stop and simply looking at her. He warns, “now I take my job of looking at pretty girls seriously, so if you ease up for just a minute, Battousai will probably have you doing laps from sea to sea.” The thought came to show off a bit, but outside of the host body, there wasn’t much he could do but talk. Like this, he couldn’t even feel or anything the normal body could simply because his current form was all show.

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“Teach me?” Jyn would almost chuckle at the mention of such a thing, “no way. The first issue is that I don’t really like him all like that and the second thing would be that I don’t normally use swords. I’m a hand to hand kind of guy myself. Focus your inner chi and use your fists… you know?” The question did break this gaze from her as he looks up a bit, diagonally up towards the sky hovering over the horizon in the girl’s background as he thinks aloud, “I’m pretty sure I fall somewhere in the ‘family’ category with Battousai. He thinks he’s the big brother when I’m actually bigger than he is. Since I’m nicer, he gets away with being moody, but no way would I ask him to teach me how to swing around a sword…” Realizing that’s what she was currently doing, he would lower a smirk to her and say, “not that there is anything wrong with swinging a sword.” He did notice a slight jiggle with each swipe she performed and it was well noted though he remained undistracted as he continued, “but he was saying something about your losing your memory…? You bump your head or something?”

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Thinking over her words, Jyn would simply nod at how odd that it was that she was unable to remember how she had lost her memory… though it made sense in a way since it would be odd to remember how you forget… or something to that nature. She didn’t look like she had any nasty bumps on her head, but depending on how long ago she lost her memory, she could have healed up. Jyn wouldn’t know about her ability to heal at an ascended rate at the moment. Either way, she was a mysterious red head of questionable origin; that would be interesting in its self. Answering her question, he would not, “hands yeah… well more like fists… I suppose my feet too.” With the advent of the cute smile, he would answer back, “heh, I guess I can show you a thing or two. That’s if you’re able to move after Battousai’s teaching.” Seeing her tremble in her swipe, Jyn would immediately pick up on this and boisterously start up, “oh ho ho!” In his teasing tone, he would inquire, “getting tired already? Hmm… I was hoping a hottie like you would have a bit more stamina. What a shame…”

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“Hmm…” Jyn thought about the question a bit. Being in this form wasn’t too fun for him due to its limitations, but he knew he would be bored simply being around Battousai. His face changes from playful to thoughtful as he thought about things. Aside from his enjoyment and what the trip would bring, he knew that they were leaving for something important, something that everyone had to be there for, so he wouldn’t allow himself to miss it; after all, it was a portion of the reason of his existence. “Well, that gets a bit hairy,” he would admit, “…I’m going to have to go when he leaves. We’ve got some important business to take care of that I can’t miss.” After having been removed, the smirk comes back to his face as he assure her, “but don’t worry. I’ll be back to make sure I work you out real good.”

Battousai would visible approaching back from the village at this point carrying a pale of water in one hand and a satchel in the other. With his arms back folded at his chest and his gaze on the approaching samurai, Jyn would comment, “ah, good. You managed to last until the warden returned… guess you should look serious or something.”

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Battousai arrives at a saunter with the bucket of water and the satchel, one in each hand. Reaching the area, he shoots Jyn a glance to which the short haired male gives a short and chopping wave to him. He looks to Sera who seemed to be busy in her continuance of her training. Without saying anything, he would lower the bucket to the ground as well as the satchel, but over the top of the bucket so that it would cover the water and stay free from touching the ground. After placing the items down, he would look up to see that it seemed Sera’s arm was straining against the swipes. He would speak calmly, “other arm” expecting her to switch out so that she could rest the current arm. “That breakfast?” Jyn inquires in a lively tone, referring to the water while assuming correctly that the satchel held food in it. This draws the sensei’s attention for a moment as he would simply receive a glance before attention would return back to Sera with, “you may go now.” Jyn comments, “I think I’ll stay a little longer.” Not caring Battousai would ask Sera if she were tired.

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“Ah, crap…” Jyn would say looking towards her as she stated that she was tired. Apparently it must have been the wrong answer, though Battousai would respond by stating, “good. Now keep your balance…” With that, he performs a hand seal and then places both hands to the ground. The ground rumbles beneath Sera and suddenly she is hoisted up onto a four story totem pole pillar of solidified light energy. Jyn’s head tilts up as he looks to the heights that Sera had been lifted with his hand to his forehead as if blocking out sunlight or something. The platform would be narrow and would test her ability to balance. Of course, if it were too sudden for her and she fell off, Jyn would actively move to and catch her if she fell. The manner that this would be performed would be in ‘across the threshold manner.’ If that were to take place, Battousai would be disappointed, but Jyn would be happy. If she were to maintain her balance and continued standing on the pole, Battousai would look up and explain, “this will make things easier for you. Now your blades will not touch the ground if you rest your arms. When it is time, then you shall have breakfast. I will let you know when it is time.” Jyn immediately knew what he meant by ‘time’ and frown a bit as he felt this was a bit harsh. By now, the smell of the food and the sight of the water should reach her, meaning that it should have her attention and seemingly make each minute proceed slower.

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Looking up, Battousai would take note of the wings and how they were used for balance. Also looking at her, Jyn would murmur, “hmph… so she comes with wings for added protection; convenient.” Either way, her staying up there was satisfactory enough for Battousai, thus he could leave things as they were, assuming that she would continue to train as normal. As such, he crouches in the grass and softly sets himself upon his knees in a sitting position with his hands resting on the top of his thighs and his rear onto the back of his heels. In this manner, he would proceed into his meditations seeing the world through his ability to sense it rather than see it. Seeing the stoic samurai go into meditating, then looking up to see Sera go into her serious mod, Jyn decided that the fun time was over and that he could rest. With a light sigh, he would crouch and then lean back, lying into the soft grasses of the meadowlands. With his hands cupping the back of his head and his elbows poking out either side, his gaze would be up at Sera as she continued to train, simply watching her for a little while and wishing that she was wearing a skirt. Before long, he would eventually drift off and begin a short nap.

Mercilessly slow, time would lurch on until the morning had passed and the afternoon was approaching. It would be at this time that Battousai would come out of his meditation, barring that Sera didn’t fall before hand or anything to that nature. Since a few hours had passed, he could better judge the next move based on her current situation. If she were to interrupt him between that time and now, he would act accordingly based on her actions.

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Seeing that Sera seemed fatigued from what she had done so far and primed for a break, Battousai would nod and mentally praise her for doing well this far. He had half expected to be brought out of his meditation by the sound of her falling from the pillar. Since this portion of her training was over, he would perform a waving motion with his hand and comment for her to “come down.” Around this time, the interruption in the rhythmic swiping and grunts with the advent of Battousai’s voice causes Jyn’s eyes to slowly pry open. His eyes wince shut once more as his mouth opens with a wide yawn and his body stretches out in his lying position before he leans up and looks around to see that this portion of training seemed to be over with. After she had come down, Battousai would motion to the water and the satchel and comment, “replenish yourself for your first break. You will need the energy as we continue.” And with that, he solidifies the fact that training wasn’t over. Training with him happened to be much longer than any sane person would want to endure, but if Yuki did it and lived, he expected Sera to do the same. With that, the contents of the satchel, bread and seared meat, would be hers along with the water.

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A grin would be on Jyn’s face as he watches the girl have permission granted to eat and drink, yet she still basically had blades for hands. Standing up from his sitting position, Jyn grunts in reference to Sera Swordsor Hands, “Battou… you are a cruel asshole, you know?” Battousai simply looks over to him as if he didn’t understand what he was saying. Casually Jyn makes his way over to Sera and looks at the samurai as he looks back to him. Jyn blinks and then realizes, “wait… you’re seriously not going to release her from the swords?” The samurai allows an awkward silence to settle in before speaking, “she has fifteen minutes to break.” Jyn speaks, “but her swords…” Battousai completes while tilting his head quizzically, “cannot touch the ground…” Jyn’s palm lowers into a palm whose fingers rub his temples as he speaks, “that’s a little far…” By the time he looks up, Battousai would have vanished in a flash of light. Jyn blinks, “… that ass!” He then looks over to the helpless Sera and comments, “I guess it can’t be helped… do you still want to follow this loon? If soon, I’ll feed you so you don’t end up losing more food then you eat.”

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Jyn hears the first refusal and then her stomach seems to fill in the silence. With the growling of the stomach, a large grin would come on the face of the young man as he looked to her, visually calling her bluff. He would comment in a cocky manner, “decorum is for houses” in a deep proverb that probably only made sense to him from his misunderstanding of the word. But he does correct her, “you’re not asking me, I’m offering it to you.” With this, he would be on his way over to the area were the water and food would be. In his mind, he thought it might be a bit awkward to give her water through a bucket, but the only other way was to cup it in his hands, which would be odd, or to transfer it to her orally, which would be a bit too much and very creepy on a first meeting type scenario. When the question comes in, Jyn would chuckle a bit and state, “Yuki couldn’t move after the first day’s training. He barely dragged himself to his bed… so yes, I would say the training is consistent so far.” Now by the food, he would offer her to get on her knees as he crouched in the grass and spoke, “come… sit so that I can put it on your mouth.” It would be obvious that he was teasing her.

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A wide grin came to Jyn’s face at the counter that came from the fiery young lady. If he were in a body that was natural, his thing might have shifted a little from the teasing back and forth. With that, he would crouch to her side and make a minor comment about the meat being kind of big. Of course, he wouldn’t attempt to stuff something fat in her mouth, rather, he would break apart the pieces of meat and feed them to her one at a time, giving her plenty of time to chew, mixing it up with bread as well until she had her fill. When she was ready, he would bring the edge of the bucket to her lips for her to drink water and would make sure not to tilt it too much to get her wet in the process. The portions wouldn’t be huge, but enough to be sufficient for a good morning’s breakfast, meaning that she should have no problem finishing what was given. The bucket of water, however, would be filled with enough water for her to drink and then some. The remainder would be placed to the side and afterwards there would be some time before the warden would return. In the lull, Jyn would recline back in the grasses on his rear with his palms behind him supporting his sitting up posture as he would inquire simply bating a conversation in no particular direction, “so how high do those wings let you fly?”

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With a nonchalant shrug, Jyn comments, “I don’t mind this type of babysitting.” Thinking on what to say about himself, he begins, “well, I’m a traveler… a cartographer and an adventurer. I’m currently traveling to find something, I make maps of where I am and collect maps for places I must go, and I find stuff along the way. Yuki and I actually first met while I was attempting to explore some ancient ruins that I had come upon. At that time he was just a normal mercenary, but Battousai is working with him to make him a leader of men… or something like that.” His head tilts to the side as his gaze lifts up in thought as he comments, “well, I guess a leader of women, since that’s what the village primarily consists of… I guess it’s strange how that worked out.” He continues returning from his digression, “but I guess I’m not that interesting. I walk a lot, so that sums me up.” Looking back to her, he states, “I guess you can’t tell me about yourself with no memory and all, so I guess I’ll have to tell you about yourself.” A coy grin comes to his face as he admits teasing, “we were actually engaged to be married before you vanished.”

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The cartographer would be partially amused that she hadn’t gotten his reference at first, but after she seemed to get it, he felt a bit better that they weren’t going to have an awkward moment. “Hmm…” Jyn would murmur as he thought about her question with an upward glance. He answers, “I guess I’m looking to the conclusion of a long story.” His gaze lowers and looks back to her as he comments, “I have to repay a debt that was taken out when I was a child… or rather, I have to help my little brother do that. It gets pretty complicated, so I won’t go into much detail, but when I find what we’re looking for then I can finally settle down and stop my traveling… not that I don’t enjoy it though.” Around this time, there would be a burst of light to the side to signify the arrival of the warden himself. Standing with his arms folded he would see that the girl had eaten and that Jyn had talked. With his gaze set back to Sera he asks, “have you regained your energy?” It was a very straight forward question whose answer could only lead to pain.

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With a slight frown, Jyn would emit, “poo…” to see that his fun time was over. With that, he would lay back in the grasses as he had before, folding his arms behind his head and taking it easy. There wasn’t much he could get into at the moment anyway, chances were Yuki was off doing reconstruction or something and Jyn didn’t necessarily feel like building or anything at the moment. The teacher, however, would be fully devoted to the ‘work’ that was put before him as he would nod in acceptance of Sera’s words. He notices her glance back to the pillar and he informs, “you’ve worked on your motions, now you will work on putting strength behind them.” It would be a tall order since her muscles should have gained time to cool down and begin to stiffen and sore up. Still, he would request, “your training now is to strike the pole.” With that, he would motion towards it and order for her to strike it with all of her might. It seemed a simple enough feat for her, since if she continually hit it in the same place, theoretically she should break it, which would indicate an end to the training, but that was only in theory.

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Battousai would notice that she went right into it without any talking or questioning. That was a notch to the plus side for her, as she seemed as if she would be an easy pupil to undertake. In the beginning, Rune didn’t complain much, though he did growl from time to time. Training her would be easier since she didn’t seem to have that odd social tick. As she goes to hitting the pole, Battousai would murmur lightly beneath his mask and channel his energy to the pillar to work on constantly repairing the pole whenever it showed signs of being damaged, though the threshold of the pole’s density would be about five times stronger than what Sera would be able to hit it with. Thus it would be around every four or five strikes that the pole would ‘magically’ regenerate in the area where it had been stricken.

With the patience of a statue, Battousai would continue to watch Sera perform this and regenerate the pole at his leisure far after Jyn would wake up and mosey away out of boredom. The training wasn’t flashy or fun, it was dull and repetitive aimed to break down Sera’s body so that it could be built back up. He wouldn’t be pleased until her back, shoulders, arms, and most of her upper torso had been fully worked out.

In this manner, Battousai would continue this portion of training beyond noon well into the day, and after that a short break would be given much like before where the girl would be watered and feed, and then after that, she would be labored with simply holding her swords up and in place in a form of isotonic muscle training. The training would not conclude until night fall was upon them and at the end of the day, the worn blades would be brittle enough to break. Battousai would release her from her binds by breaking the swords from her hands and arms and they would be allowed to be free for the first time in a long time.

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By now, the sunlight of the day would be proceeding to the other side of the world and night would be stretching over the vastness overhead. The soft night winds would promenade into the meadows and blow about offering a cooling relief to the wary trainee. After breaking the tools of bondage from her wrists, Battousai would judge that she had done well during the day, and so he would vocalize, “good.” That single word would have to express how pleased he was with her. Sensing someone behind him, he would turn his head to the side and comment, “I’m done with her now.” Looking back to her, he would comment, “you will have to train in this manner until my return. We will meet once more in the morning, rest well.” With that, he would turn and begin walking away from her, offering her his back as he would pass shoulder and shoulder with Jyn, whom he had referenced earlier with his declaration of being finished. Approaching the sunken female, Jyn would look down and shake his head stating, “he goes too far…” Leaning over, he would reach down and scoop her up in his arms, something he was pretty sure she couldn’t resist against in her state. He attempted to be as gentle as he could to hoist her up. With a kind smile, he comments, “don’t worry, the trip back home is on me.” With that, he would, if allowed, proceed to walk her back into the village from the meadows, to take her to where she would be sleeping for the night. “Oh,” he would suggest if things had processed this far, “how about a warm bath to soak in? Or do you prefer cold?"

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“Hai hai,” would come the answer to the fact that she would prefer a warm bath. Warm was a little more complicated than cold since cold could pretty much just be a toss in the river or pond whereas warm required fire and such. With slight shrug, he would acknowledge her thanks; to him it wasn’t really needed. Carrying a cute girl was payment enough for the act, but it was just unfortunate for Jyn that he couldn’t actually feel her in the process. Where his form would be shifted to that of his normal fleshy body, he lacked the ability to feel due to the fact that his consciousness was merely animating it. Of course Jyn found it an odd thing being in the puppet body, which was why he preferred to be in the main host body. Given his strict and unfeeling demeanor, it was Jyn’s line of thought that Battouai would be better suited for the artificial body. At the groan, Jyn would grin and comment in a teasing manner asking, “does me simply holding you feel that good?” turning the assumption from being that the groan was pain for being something else, more so, pleasure.

After making it into the house, Jyn would carry Sera inside and to room outside of the bathroom where he would lower her to either stand on her own or take a seat on one of the scattered chairs in the miscellaneous room. After sitting her down, however performed, he would inform her, “I’ll start the fire and fill the tub for you, so take it easy and give me a little time, okay?”

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“Heh,” would come the modest response from the white haired cartographer before he would agree with her, “I suppose I am” with a cheeky grin. Moving into the bathroom, Jyn would be within an area that held a tub elevated over a heating area which worked similar to a fire place. The first thing to do would be to fill it with water. Luckily, there was a barrel of water that was collected each day, or at least should by, by one of the people in servitude to Yuki. Pulling the drain on the back end up the tub, Jyn would let the used water within it drain out and into the ground outside of the house. After the used water had been drained, Jyn would then move to the barrel and transfer water from it to the main tub using the bucket that sat beside it. After that, he gathers a few pieces of wood from a pile lying against the adjacent wall to beneath the tub in the fire area. After putting the wood there, he would work on lighting it and starting a small fire that would heat the tub and in turn heat the water that was in it. After the fire was set in place, he would dust off his hands and wait a moment or two to make sure he had done it correctly; burning down Yuki’s house would probably be frowned upon by both Yuki and Battousai.

After a while, Jyn would exit the bathroom and walk past Sera before going into another room and walking past her yet again, this time with clothes in his hand. Returning out of the bathroom to where she was, he stops, standing before her and motion towards the bathroom while saying, “the tub should be warming up now. You can soak in it; there should be enough wood for about 30 minutes, so you can go in whenever you’re ready. I put some clothes and something to dry off with in there.” It would basically just be a large tee shirt. He also informs, “just leave your dirty clothes and we’ll probably get someone to wash them for you tomorrow.” With that, he would let her have her privacy, but would assure, “let me know if you need anything, k?”

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No problem Jyns voice would fade after she had vanished into the bathroom. He turns around, feeling a bit good about himself. He had done a good deed, which was the fuel that most good guys worked on. He felt that good favor should be heading in his direction due to the properties of karma and all. As she is about to walk off, he turns and looks to her as her head pops out. His expression softens. Dont worry, its clean, Jyn would inform her when she inquired about the clothing. But, its mine, he admits, I hope its okay. Then her next question came in. Jyn pauses for a moment as he hears the request come in. In similar thought to his former thinking, he supposed himself to be right about doing good things and having good things happen in response. Eh? he says, a bit surprised at first immediately after the question. Oh, he quickly recovers in a tone of understanding, thats right youve been training all day. With a sigh, he grins and looks to her straight in the eye as he speaks, Im not going to lie to you, Im going to peek, but I have no problems with helping you. Walking towards the bathroom door, he thinks, by the looks of her, she doesnt have anything to be shy about. Reaching her he then comments, Im just joking how do you want to do this? He figured if she kept her back to him, that would be modest enough. He was prepared to be told to wear a blind fold or something like that.

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