I'll ask him. He says he likes to read it for the...story.
[ Gorgug thinks. Something like that. ]
But you learned more fighting than people do, who don't go to adventuring school. There's some clubs in normal schools, but no one learns that at home unless their family has something to do with fighting. I think.
[ Said, like he didn't know that either.... poems are so multifaceted, apparently. ]
Yeah, that's-- that's how things are where I'm from, too. Most people wouldn't know how to fight, unless it's in their family. They work office jobs or working in towns or cities. [ ... ] But we have villagers, too. Really rural areas. With fields and farms?
They didn't go to the school I go to, but they can-- they can kick ass. They're tinkerers, so, they build weapons. They can make bombs--you know what bombs are.
[ Though he doesn't phrase it as a question, he does look at Chu Wenshan as, yes, no? Do people who don't know what cars are know what bombs are? ]
Like...prosthetic arms, poseable figurines, torture devices, some sort of giant mobile suit you could fight in, a machine that could shoot a bunch of wooden projectiles at you rapid-fire...things like that.
I got these two large logs, and tied them together with a rope. That way you can swing them around on the rope and hit the enemy with them. [A pause.] Normally they aren't log-sized though.
Wrist-thick... [ He repeats, and-- let him look at your wrist, Wenshan...!! ]
You have...nice-sized wrists. That's a normal-looking wrist.
[ ...
... let him hold up and show Chu Wenshan his wrist! On the side where he isn't carrying anything, His own wrist is rather thin...green.... very green... ]
[He tilts his head, expressionless but clearly questioning.]
I wouldn't recommend trying to cool yourself off with it, you might hit yourself. If you want to see what it looks like in use... [......] If I get my hands on one I can show you a bit.
[This misunderstanding....does not get noticed at all. He linefaces!
He has been linefacing this whole time so that was a redundant statement.]
Bigger isn't always better...it can definitely be intimidating to an average opponent, though. Is that what you usually use? [His gaze turns to Gorgug's skinny arms for definitely not the first time...]
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Do you want to? I know a guy. He reads poetry. [ Ah- ] Here.
[ In Etraya. Do you want to meet his poetry guy? ]
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I'm not much of a poetry person...I don't mind listening though, if he wants to read to someone.
[He can't do uplifting poetry, but he could lift up Gorgug?]
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I'll ask him. He says he likes to read it for the...story.
[ Gorgug thinks. Something like that. ]
But you learned more fighting than people do, who don't go to adventuring school. There's some clubs in normal schools, but no one learns that at home unless their family has something to do with fighting. I think.
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Poems have stories?
[Fushigi mystery...he nods though.]
Mn, since my family ran a prominent martial sect, everyone there knew how to fight. Probably. A normal villager wouldn't need to know these things.
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[ Said, like he didn't know that either.... poems are so multifaceted, apparently. ]
Yeah, that's-- that's how things are where I'm from, too. Most people wouldn't know how to fight, unless it's in their family. They work office jobs or working in towns or cities. [ ... ] But we have villagers, too. Really rural areas. With fields and farms?
[ Just like Chu Wenshan knows them?! ]
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[Or maybe those are just gardens? Vegetable patches?]
Did your whole family go to adventure school?
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They didn't go to the school I go to, but they can-- they can kick ass. They're tinkerers, so, they build weapons. They can make bombs--you know what bombs are.
[ Though he doesn't phrase it as a question, he does look at Chu Wenshan as, yes, no? Do people who don't know what cars are know what bombs are? ]
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They must be talented then. I don't personally know anyone who makes bombs, though I did meet a man who could make all sorts of things out of wood.
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Like chairs?
[ Maybe he should be thinking bigger.... ]
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[Definitely should've thought bigger.]
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I want to see a giant mobile suit made out of wood. How big are we talking?
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About...two, three times my height? I remember making a nunchaku on the spot to fight it with.
[Like so.]
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How well did the nunchaku work? [ ... ] And what's a nunchaku?
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[And hmm, how to describe nunchaku...]
I got these two large logs, and tied them together with a rope. That way you can swing them around on the rope and hit the enemy with them. [A pause.] Normally they aren't log-sized though.
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What size are they? Smaller? Thinner?
[ maybe thinner? ]
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[He'd be doing gestures, but his hands are full.]
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You have...nice-sized wrists. That's a normal-looking wrist.
[ ...
... let him hold up and show Chu Wenshan his wrist! On the side where he isn't carrying anything, His own wrist is rather thin...green.... very green... ]
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Maybe somewhere between both our wrist sizes.
[That seems good, right? A nice average number? He hasn't seen a proper nunchaku in a while actually.]
Are you interested in trying one?
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...does it feel cool when you use it? ... does it look cool?
[ Very important question. ]
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I wouldn't recommend trying to cool yourself off with it, you might hit yourself. If you want to see what it looks like in use... [......] If I get my hands on one I can show you a bit.
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Okay. [ ... ] You can look cool pretty easy with an axe. You just hold an axe. It's cool-- because it has a big blade.
[ See how easy it is to be cool with an axe, Chu Wenshan?? ]
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He has been linefacing this whole time so that was a redundant statement.]
Bigger isn't always better...it can definitely be intimidating to an average opponent, though. Is that what you usually use? [His gaze turns to Gorgug's skinny arms for definitely not the first time...]
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Yeah. It's big-- all my axes are big. And better. I hit things real hard.
[ And for this he sounds very proud! He'll even mimic holding an axe with two hands (while minding his bag of ribs): ]
Wind it back-- [ He's winding back that invisible axe...! ] --and slam!
[ And he's swinging it forward!! ]
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Hitting hard is good. How hard can you hit with your fists? Training your fistwork could help increase your axe power.
[For an even bigger slam!!!]
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Our teacher used to make us hit boulders with our weapons and our fists. But I haven't done it in a long time. Not since I got here.
[ He hasn't been looking for boulders!! ]
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